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custardy

Inactive wrote: »

Great result, well done and thanks for the info.

It looks like they are just replacing the faulty units on cars that are being returned to them, like yours, instead of doing a full recall.

IMO they should do a full recall.

agreed,but they are probably expecting many people with cars 5+ years old just to pay up

Inactive

custardy wrote: »

agreed,but they are probably expecting many people with cars 5+ years old just to pay up

Agreed 100%.;)

jase1

Even so, it's always good to see any manufacturer digging into his pocket and acknowledging they have a problem.

Fair play to BMW. In fairness a noisy pump doesn't make a car dangerous -- I've had that one before on an old nail -- it's just an irritant.

minimad1970

jase1 wrote: »

Even so, it's always good to see any manufacturer digging into his pocket and acknowledging they have a problem.

Fair play to BMW. In fairness a noisy pump doesn't make a car dangerous -- I've had that one before on an old nail -- it's just an irritant.

It's not just the noise though it's when the power steering finally fails that can be dangerous. Other people have said that they've gone up onto kerbs and lost control on roundabouts.

jase1

True, but you do get fair warning before it siezes. If you're stupid enough to ignore things like this (and you clearly aren't), then I have little sympathy.