End of factory warranty

mosaud1998

mosaud1998

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Happy Friday!

My recent 2019 540 is the first BMW I've still owned during the warranty period in many years. I've got 6 months or 18k miles left on the factory warranty and then CPO kicks in.

Is it customary these days to set up an "end of warranty" appointment specifically so the dealer can find any last-minute covered items, or do you have to have specific complaints or problems?

Thanks!
 
mosaud1998 said:
Or I can pay my indy shop like $150 to do a "UCI". And if they find anything, I can claim it under warranty and have BMW do it
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This! I have found this to be the most effective way to do what you are asking about, the Independent shop won't have to eat any warranty expenses themselves
and can be very thorough.. then you can go to your dealer with a very specific list of complaints and get it documented while still in the warranty period...
 
CornerstoneArms said:
This! I have found this to be the most effective way to do what you are asking about, the Independent shop won't have to eat any warranty expenses themselves
and can be very thorough.. then you can go to your dealer with a very specific list of complaints and get it documented while still in the warranty period...
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Should I have this done before the BMW Factory Warranty expires or should I do it before CPO expires?
 
CornerstoneArms said:
This! I have found this to be the most effective way to do what you are asking about, the Independent shop won't have to eat any warranty expenses themselves
and can be very thorough.. then you can go to your dealer with a very specific list of complaints and get it documented while still in the warranty period...
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I've never thought of this, what a great idea.
 
You should have it inspected now by an indy, don't go all on about how warranty is about to run out. If he's not getting any of the work he'll be generally less likely to look it over carefully. I mean he could check the blinker fluid and charge you the $150.

This is a problem in which the solution is a social puzzle needing streetwise smarts on how to combat potential manipulation at each stage, not old school logical approach like was used between decent humans of ages gone by.
 
mosaud1998 said:
Happy Friday!

My recent 2019 540 is the first BMW I've still owned during the warranty period in many years. I've got 6 months or 18k miles left on the factory warranty and then CPO kicks in.

Is it customary these days to set up an "end of warranty" appointment specifically so the dealer can find any last-minute covered items, or do you have to have specific complaints or problems?

Thanks!
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I was in your boat way back in 2013 with my N54 335i. I was "worried" about the turbos going out of extended warranty. Extended warranty is different, they charged me at the time $130 for crying wolf. I didn't argue lol Turned out the rattle I heard was the actuator on the rear left muffler, not the wastegates.

Here it is 2022, I got the car Dec 2006. The only thing that ever broke in its life were VANOS solenoids needed replacement and the DSC Hydro. Yes the latter is expensive and it happened out of warranty, but I DIY'd it.

Don't forget that CPO is not the same as the original--there is a charge if you bring it in for something not covered. I've always been astounded how much money car cos make by labeling something CPO, and also extended warranties. Hey, I paid $2,800 for a BMW factory extended warranty that took it up to 7 years. What a waste of money I didn't use it at all. The only way I rationalize it is I got a new job at that time and pretend my salary increase covered it, but never again.

p.s. to illustrate, I got about $400 off the list of the extended warranty. A M3 at the time was $7,100 for a 2 year extended warranty.
 
John105 said:
I was in your boat way back in 2013 with my N54 335i. I was "worried" about the turbos going out of extended warranty. Extended warranty is different, they charged me at the time $130 for crying wolf. I didn't argue lol Turned out the rattle I heard was the actuator on the rear left muffler, not the wastegates.

Here it is 2022, I got the car Dec 2006. The only thing that ever broke in its life were VANOS solenoids needed replacement and the DSC Hydro. Yes the latter is expensive and it happened out of warranty, but I DIY'd it.

Don't forget that CPO is not the same as the original--there is a charge if you bring it in for something not covered. I've always been astounded how much money car cos make by labeling something CPO, and also extended warranties. Hey, I paid $2,800 for a BMW factory extended warranty that took it up to 7 years. What a waste of money I didn't use it at all. The only way I rationalize it is I got a new job at that time and pretend my salary increase covered it, but never again.

p.s. to illustrate, I got about $400 off the list of the extended warranty. A M3 at the time was $7,100 for a 2 year extended warranty. I threw $3k away, I can't imagine 7!
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The Critic said:
Yes, unless safety related, it is typically against most franchise agreements for dealers to "sell" warranty work. If a customer complains about a specific issue and they find a warrantable concern, that's fine. But they are not allowed to look over vehicles looking for things to fix under warranty.
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Look at it from a flat rate tech's standpoint. Although I know that Toyota makes things up as part of a free multipoint. Once I had $6,700 worth of recommended work (an indie said you need $0 of it). Now flip it. If the car were under warranty, do you think they'd recommend anything? 1--it has to actually be justified 2--they'd be reimbursed for imaginary needed repairs at a warranty rate. Just interject human nature--to accomplish what the OP wants is going to cost money, at an indie, just as if they were doing a pre-purchase inspection. my .02 ymmv
 
hrv said:
Go back the day after it expires and they will find all kind of stuff wrong... :D
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You totally do get the point hahahahahaha Although OP has a CPO, so maybe not, it's not worth the deductible to the dealer. Out of CPO, yes!

BMW when I had free maintenance, I always found it hilarious it took them 3 days for a free oil change, while I'm driving a free loaner. It's because my free oil change is not worth the time of the tech and tying up the bay, when there's a N62 waiting to get in and it's got the $10,000 coolant leak.
 
John105 said:
You totally do get the point hahahahahaha Although OP has a CPO, so maybe not, it's not worth the deductible to the dealer. Out of CPO, yes!

BMW when I had free maintenance, I always found it hilarious it took them 3 days for a free oil change, while I'm driving a free loaner. It's because my free oil change is not worth the time of the tech and tying up the bay, when there's a N62 waiting to get in and it's got the $10,000 coolant leak.
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Maybe I'll just take it to my indy. Tell them to do a PPI/UCI on the car. They'll be getting paid so...
 
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