Can can, of course i will explain.
What i have posted are my personal experiences combined with my expectations of how a german based car should preform as it was supposed to.
From Wikipedia.
In general, reliability (systemic def.) is an ability of a system to perform/maintain its functions in routine and also in different hostile or/and unexpected circumstances.
In natural language it may also denotes persons which acts efficiently in proper moments/circumstances (infallibile).
Here is the list of the problems of my CKD E46 since day 1.
1) Failour of control arm bushings
2) Failiour of front control arms. Took AB months and months to refund my payment after work was done.
3) Failour of some engine sensor leading to a breakdown on the public roads.
4) God knows how many power window lifters i have replaced. Once leading to the scratching of my window tinting.
5) Head gasket leak
6) Oil filter gasket leak
7) Water pump failour. Another road side breakdown
8) Fuel level failour. Ran out of petrol, again stuck on the main road.
9) Expansion Tank explosion. Roadside breakdown AGAIN.
10) Failour of window washer fluid pump
11) The constant bulb replacement of the rear brake lights
12) Failiour of the handbrake brakeshoe, causing the rear brake to rattle and ding and dong . So, instead of another roadside assistance at 8pm on the N-S highway, drove the bloody thing all the way back to Penang.
13) Gearbox jammed in 4th gear while outstation going up Cameron Highlands, and guess what! AB roadside assistance does not cover Cameron Highlands!
14) Steering column rattle. to replace will be a cost of 3k. Screw that!
15) Failiour of the mounting clips of the kidney grilles. Due to the heat from the engine, they become brittle and snap off.
16) Deflection of exhaust heat shield, causing rattling.
17) The centre console rubberized finish, what was BMW thinking!!!???
18) Leaking boot, somehow water can find its way into the left side of my boot.
may have left out a few other things.
All this has occured over the 2.5yrs of my ownership.
Chubby, my car is extremely well maintained. You will never find any taiwan or reconditioned parts on my car. Oil change at every 5000-6000km. Fully synthetic oil. If anything goes kaput, its replaced by an BMW specialist with original parts.
Yes i drive it hard too, but the failiours listed above should not even exist, no matter how i drive it.
I have had a Volkswagen & Porsche, even a Ford, and they never gave me such grief. Then again, it may just be my car. That's why i wanted to ask if you guys out there have similar problems.
I have been accepting all these items with a pinch of salt, or maybe i had a bad day yesterday, but looking back....... I really did expect a better quality product from BMW, hell! my Perdana V6 gave me even less problems!
