RE: bmw quality problems (a bit long)

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A closed recall?!?  People on the Scirocco list are still having their fuel
tanks replaced free of charge due to a recall, and the newest Scirocco even
sold in the US is an '88 model.  I think the recall applies to '86-'88 cars
or some such thing.  Of course, the dealer probably isn't overjoyed to do
the work, but they don't say the recall is closed.

Parts of poor design or poor quality don't just get better over time, and if
safety is concerned, they don't get any less dangerous over time either.

Aaron
'87 528e
'82 Scirocco
'70 Beetle
'82 GPz550

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bmw@domain.elided [mailto:owner-bmw@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> Ryan P Echlin
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:38 AM
> To: bmw-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: bmw quality problems (a bit long)
> A similar problem occurred to me with my 325e.  After
> rupturing a radiator
> hose (worn hose, not BMW's fault), I noticed that a recall
> that prevents
> the heater core from spraying hot coolant on the driver's legs had not
> been performed on the car.  I called my local dealer (Erhard BMW, in
> Bloomfield MI), and explained the problem.  They told me that
> the recall
> was "closed" (yes, closed).  I asked how a recall for something so
> dangerous as a coolant leak on my leg could be "closed."
> They didn't seem
> to have an answer.  To be fair, other dealers said they would
> perform the
> recall, but as I am at school, and only have one car, it's
> going to be a
> while before I get in on that one, cause no loaner cars are
> available for
> this kind of work.

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