How to speed up F30 BSRI Brake disc and pads replacement

[echoesian]

Hello, my BSRI is going to end in 5 months time, but my brake disc and pads replacement is only going to happen after 20k km according to the iDrive. Is there anyway to speed up the iDrive so that I can change it before the BSRI expire?

 

[Herbert]

Don't think it is possible to speed up the mileage clocked in the iDrive. Even if you managed to do it via some other innovative ways, service centre would certainly find out and void your BSRI claim. My advice to you would be to do some hard long spirit drives or join the club's monthly drive activity.

 

[crazyputter]

^^ What he said....

You got no choice mate.....drive drive and keep driving

I clock average 4K a month. For me no issue to cover 20K in 5 months heheh.....

Cheers

 

[echoesian]

I heard braking it very very hard by going up and down Genting, the meter will decrease very fast?

 

[Herbert]

I heard braking it very very hard by going up and down Genting, the meter will decrease very fast?

No such thing. Coming down, deployed engine braking force i.e. switch to manual and lower gear. Use as little braking as possible or otherwise, quick tap on brakes to avoid overheating the braking system.

 

[harry_7]

According to Ingress, BSRI reading for brake in the I-drive can be override manually, I heard they will measure your brake pad, if it's 4mm or thinner, they will change for you. So far, my car clocking at 54k mileage but the i-drive brake still display 15,000km, weird isn't it? Cos new car bought, it started with 50k, now already exceeded 50k, still remain 15k to go... :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

 

[Herbert]

You are referring to the service internal (for brake pads) and yes, that can be override manually same for e60.

According to Ingress, BSRI reading for brake in the I-drive can be override manually, I heard they will measure your brake pad, if it's 4mm or thinner, they will change for you. So far, my car clocking at 54k mileage but the i-drive brake still display 15,000km, weird isn't it? Cos new car bought, it started with 50k, now already exceeded 50k, still remain 15k to go... :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

 

[aoch88]

Looks like the brake pads are very reliable Can we actually change the intervals in iDrive?

 

[saat]

The truth of the matter is that under BSRI, the brake pads and brake rotor (and as with all other wear and tear items such as spark plugs, wiper blades, Microfilter, etc.) are under what is termed as "on-condition". These items are inspected at every visit and are replaced if found to be below the limit. This is irrespective of the iDrive or other indicators. There is NO service interval for pure on-condition items. There is no service interval for brake pads and rotor. In the case of the brakes, if an inspection shows that the brake pads friction marterial is 3mm or less, or the brake rotor is below a certain thickness or is damaged by excessive scoring or is warped, the SC will replace them without question under BSRI.

Many F30 have had the brake pad and rotor change even though the iDrive says that they have a lot more KM to go, when the pads and/or rotor were found to be below the limit.

Many F30 have reported that the brake pads are found to be badly worn during inspection despite their iDrive showimg high remaining KM. Whilst many owners also reported a sudden and abrupt brake replacement alert after the iDrive brake wear indicator showing no reduction in brake wear indicator for a long period of time. The over reading or abrupt brake wear indication in the iDrive have been found to be due to faulty brake wear sensors or because the worn brakes are on the wheels where there is no sensor. The brake wear sensors are installed only on the LH front and RH rear brake assemblies.

At each SC visit, the brakes are inspected visually and if found to be below the limit, the SC will change it. This is a standard inspection. The SC will share the inspection report with the owner when collecting the car after each SC visit.

Should an owner conduct their own visual inspection and find that the brake pads are below the limit, the SC wil inspect the brake pads and change them if found to be below the limit.

The SC will not change the pad or rotor if they are found to be still within the limit. I am unaware that there is a way of over riding the iDrive brake wear indicator.

I have heard that some SC out of goodwill, will submit a request to BMW to replace the brake pads/rotor for Customers whose brakes are near the limit and the BSRI are about to expire.

I recommend owners to regularly conduct a visual inspection of their brakes. An indication of badly worn brakes is when you hear metal to metal sound when depressing the brakes.

According to Ingress, BSRI reading for brake in the I-drive can be override manually, I heard they will measure your brake pad, if it's 4mm or thinner, they will change for you. So far, my car clocking at 54k mileage but the i-drive brake still display 15,000km, weird isn't it? Cos new car bought, it started with 50k, now already exceeded 50k, still remain 15k to go... :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

 

[saat]

If the BSRI that is about to expire is for the 1st 3 years and you have not change your brake pads prior to this and your indicators still shows 20K KM avail, since you did not state your ODO reading, I dare to suggest that you may have a faulty brake wear reading. Take it in to have the brakes inspected by the SC. However, giving your total KM ODO reading here will help a lot.

Given what you have said, I doubt very much you can drive 20,000 KM in 5 months. A typical driver does an average 20-25K km a YEAR.

Hello, my BSRI is going to end in 5 months time, but my brake disc and pads replacement is only going to happen after 20k km according to the iDrive. Is there anyway to speed up the iDrive so that I can change it before the BSRI expire?

 

[GeniusBanana]

Well I just got mine changed last week. It was a simple one, I did a fair bit of high speed braking and initially the brake pad shows about 15k mileage then suddenly it triggers the service alert. As for the brake disc, just complain it wobbles when under hard braking and they will change it at a go after measuring your brake rotors too. Hope this helps, now I'm figuring how to get my rear rotors replaced before BSRI runs out.

 

[echoesian]

If the BSRI that is about to expire is for the 1st 3 years and you have not change your brake pads prior to this and your indicators still shows 20K KM avail, since you did not state your ODO reading, I dare to suggest that you may have a faulty brake wear reading. Take it in to have the brakes inspected by the SC. However, giving your total KM ODO reading here will help a lot.

Given what you have said, I doubt very much you can drive 20,000 KM in 5 months. A typical driver does an average 20-25K km a YEAR.

My ODO is 35k++ now. My brake still have the sound "ngek ngek" when engine is cold in the morning and it still burst those black powder that make my rim black until now.