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Message: <blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 225741" data-attributes="member: 81">My advise is for any troubleshooting of symptoms etc, send it back to AB/SA instead of 3rd party mechanics.  Only if you know exactly what you want done and what parts you want, then you can go to 3rd party and inspect the new part and watch them work on your car to get it replaced. I've found that mechanics who run 3rd party shops not as trustworthy as authorized BMW centers.  A few cases, had been due to wrong diagnosis, with hefty quotes, only to be given 2nd opinions from BMW dealer that it was something else which was much cheaper to replace. As far as the wrong diagnosis given, whether its due to incompetency or greed, I cant 100% prove it, but its always been heftier replacement quotes than simple fixes.... So,.. can make your own judgements from there. just my 0.02.</blockquote>