I love my car, and especially this model year for it's more raw driving experience. I'll be in the same boat.not sure what I'll do. But apparently, word has it that there will be news this coming June from BMW whether there will be a potential recall or not (which could be world wide).so I'm definitely holding out until then. I honestly love driving my BMW X1 and luckily it hasn't had any major issues yet. This is my first BMW and this problem is making me hesitant on if I would buy another. I am on the fence if I should keep my BMW X1 with ~50k miles on it or sell it simply because of this issue. Hopefully you received a letter in the mail earlier this year or late last year from the law firm filing the lawsuit. Here is the site for the class action settlement: Here is a site giving more detail regarding the issue: There is a class action lawsuit where benefits are being offered if this occurs and you can file a claim. I haven't personally had it happen to my X1, but it is a known issue that BMW is fighting hard to not perform a recall regarding. Not just in BMWs but in any vehicle that has the feature, imo. For us, we never use the stop/start feature anyway, because I've always figured 'well duh, obviously it increases wear on the drivetrain'. I admit I'd be furious if ours failed.ītw I've read not using the stop/start feature saves a lot of wear on the chain, as well as not driving like a maniac. That said of course, BMW should've stepped up to the plate and fixed the ones that broke, imo. OTOH all you need to do is read 3 or 4 internet posts about broken chains/guides and it's easy to think it's a huge issue - which it isn't. I've spoken to several that said that while they were aware of the issue, they hadn't ever personally seen a broken one. I think the timing chain issue goes later than that, because our shop - which I consider the best BMW shop in our area - does check it with every oil change.īut regardless, the best way to 'get a feel' for this issue is to talk to some good shop mechanics and have them look at your vehicle. This is what I'm trying to get a feel for, if it's one of those internet things that get's blown out of proportion, if it was really that bad, you'd think BMW would do a full recall. Though of course you want to monitor it." "This issue btw is way overdone, only a small percentage of vehicles will have the chain break. I'm in the red zone for this as mine was manufactured late 2012. If you're 02/15 model year, you should be ok anyway.
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