patsbimmer1 Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 First it was the takata air bag and now it may randomly start on fire. Yup, it's trying to kill me! I can't wait to hate driving the loaner X3 again. https://www.google.com/amp/s/jalopnik.com/bmw-recalls-1-4-million-vehicles-in-the-u-s-over-risk-1820124021/amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckedhim Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 I got stuck with a Malibu for a month while waiting for my airbag to come in. Priuses were leaving me in the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 After talking to you this summer i threatened a rental to try and speed them up. I risked shrapnel instead of being stuck with a rental like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morzada Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 I just checked and my 2007 is under recall too; actually two recalls. Not airbag, just burst-into-flame. My wife's Honda had the airbag recall. She got a crappy Chevy SUV for about three months and hated every minute. I wonder what Zimbrick will give me for the BMW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 You'll get an X3 or X5 from Zimbrick. Ive had both and the X5 is by far better than the X3. The X3 is a miserable car to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceddragon Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 I still need to do airbags too, I wonder if I can get the dealer to do both at once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 I don't see why not but the notice for the new recall won't be going out until Mid - December. I don't know about others experience with the Takata recall but I had to wait 2 weeks for my appointment so if that's common then you may be waiting until January to get the airbag done. Iceddragon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morzada Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Middle of last summer, when we brought my wife's Honda in the wait for the replacement was over 6 weeks. That was the height of things though. Probably a lot faster now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 15 minutes ago, Morzada said: Middle of last summer, when we brought my wife's Honda in the wait for the replacement was over 6 weeks. That was the height of things though. Probably a lot faster now. 6 weeks!? Holy cow! I had my airbag done on 10/4 and set up the appointment on 9/12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morzada Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Yeah. At the end, we got out of the habit of checking in with the dealer and we seldom check our home Vmail messages (no one calls the home phone that we want to talk to!) and we ended up waiting closer to 8 weeks to actually get our car back. They finally called my office and left a bit of a nasty message about wanting their rental back! I'd we'd have known, we'd've been there the minute it was done. Crappy Chevy rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Weird, I had my buddy at BMW do mine in a few hours after asking. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morzada Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Volume of cars, I suppose. Freaked out wife didn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Weird. I took my civic in for the airbag recall and I had a brand new civic loaner for 3 days. BUT 2 of those days was me just not returning the rental because I was too busy doing burnouts and jumping curbs/alleys with it. Dead Serious. patsbimmer1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 On 11/10/2017 at 11:20 AM, Jdesign said: Weird. I took my civic in for the airbag recall and I had a brand new civic loaner for 3 days. BUT 2 of those days was me just not returning the rental because I was too busy doing burnouts and jumping curbs/alleys with it. Dead Serious. Hahaha! I want video's! I couldn't return my X3 fast enough! Between the HUD that didn't work when it was sunny, the stupid fucking lane departure warning with a vibrating steering wheel, uncomfortable seats and the 8spd auto attached to an anemic n20 I didn't enjoy driving it at all. Funny story, I took my 2 1/2 year old son with me to drop my car off and pick the X3 up and we're outside of Zimbrick loading his car seat in and he's kind of wandering around then I tell him we're ready to go... He starts walking towards me and slowly realizes we're getting into the X3. His face turns from content to upset and he stops and says "No dada, not this one." I said "yea buddy, we've gotta take this one for tonight." His concern turned into an inconsolable sadness, "No dada! NOT THIS ONE!". This time louder and more stern. I tried to convince him we have to but we'll get my car back tomorrow. He runs to an estoril M235i and says "Dada! This one! This one!" I said no we have to take this and he runs to an F82 M4 and begs me, "This one dada! THIS ONE! NOT THAT ONE!". I walk over and grab him and he starts crying when he realizes we're getting in the X3. He cried for half of the drive home and wouldn't talk to me the other half. We stop at the grocery store and go through something similar when I attempt to put him back in the X3. The next day I picked up my car then picked him up from day care. He walks out, looks up and see's my car then let's out a big "DADA! YOUR CAR IS BACK!". I learned 3 things 1) he hates X3's 2)he loves my car 3) I've trained him well. TL;DR Even my 2 1/2 year old son know's the X3 wasn't good. Jdesign, Iceddragon, Earl and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceddragon Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 That's amazing, already one of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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