F55/F56 US opens investigation of BMW/Mini
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I like the comments of the people after the article. Minis are "Major Junk" etc...
We all know that BMW are slow to make good especially in the first year of a new model. It took them 6 months to admit there was something wrong with my F56. The head mechanic at the dealership had no doubt but the approval process is quite silly.
I think motor vehicles should have a 30 day money back guarantee for starters....When your car jumps out of first gear send it back and get a new one if you want.
We all know that BMW are slow to make good especially in the first year of a new model. It took them 6 months to admit there was something wrong with my F56. The head mechanic at the dealership had no doubt but the approval process is quite silly.
I think motor vehicles should have a 30 day money back guarantee for starters....When your car jumps out of first gear send it back and get a new one if you want.
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I'm not sure why there needs to be an investigation. They discovered the problem, and have been doing the recalls for a while now. "Not quick enough" is fairly hypocritical of the NHTSA given they have a recent history of egregiously ex post facto test crash implementations a la putting modern crash standards onto late 90's Jeeps. Maybe the NHTSA should work on the basics before pointing fingers at companies with remedies already in place.
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I'm not sure why there needs to be an investigation. They discovered the problem, and have been doing the recalls for a while now. "Not quick enough" is fairly hypocritical of the NHTSA given they have a recent history of egregiously ex post facto test crash implementations a la putting modern crash standards onto late 90's Jeeps. Maybe the NHTSA should work on the basics before pointing fingers at companies with remedies already in place.
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But those are entirely different violations. VW wrote code into the cars so they would remap the engine whenever the emissions equipment was detected so run it cleaner. Some lame crash test dummy thing in the back seat they can fix with some Styrofoam is hardly similar. It's like when Mini retrofitted the exhaust tips so you wouldn't burn your leg getting groceries out of the boot in the F56. Really?
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But those are entirely different violations. VW wrote code into the cars so they would remap the engine whenever the emissions equipment was detected so run it cleaner. Some lame crash test dummy thing in the back seat they can fix with some Styrofoam is hardly similar. It's like when Mini retrofitted the exhaust tips so you wouldn't burn your leg getting groceries out of the boot in the F56. Really?
I mainly take kids in my back of my car and if a piece of foam can make a small difference I'm all for it. BMW know the rules right from the start. They managed to pass the new European pedestrian safety standards by making the F56 look like a porpoise....;-). IMHO they should have done this right from the start.
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If you had read the actual crash test results, the MINI was threshold at the g-level of the rear seat occupants, within the measurable tolerance. MINI didn't like getting a "technical pass" and made steps to implement an improvement with the retrofit. Now, months later the NHTSA ignores the forward progress MINI is doing and wants to whine about the timliness of MINI informing the NHTSA. The investigation has nothing to do with the actual fix.
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Also, whats the deal with European safety standards? Why would that require to change the nose of cooper and essentially taking a little bit of its soul?
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Found the answer to my question. Reference link for others.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...fatter-feature
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...fatter-feature
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"Two months later, BMW agreed to a recall and later said it would do a "service campaign" to add padding to the rear side panels of 2015 Two-Door Hardtop Cooper models.
But the campaign was never done, and BMW never told NHTSA that it wasn't, according to the documents."
I just had the recall done last week and can't tell anything was done... no rattling, etc. I have my son in my car a few days a week and am more worried about his safety than interior noise issues.
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B. I received the recall fix after my service advisor called me and offered it.
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Best post of the thread; I couldn't agree more. It's all about bonuses and getting rich from what I can tell.
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