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My new 2018 BMW 540dx finally got built and shipped to the dealer. It's now been at the dealer for 1 week they won't deliver the car to me. They say BMW contacted them about a crank shaft sensor and they are waiting to hear back from BMW what to do about it. If the issue is so big they won't release the car then why doesn't it show up as an issue anywhere?
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07-11-2018, 11:56 AM | #70 | |
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07-16-2018, 04:24 AM | #71 |
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i have a slight problem of water getting into the passenger side doors when it rains / car wash. when i scroll down the windows and back up again , there will be water on the glass window panel.
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07-16-2018, 08:22 AM | #72 | |
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But its the rubber bit at the top of the door where the water actually sits.
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07-16-2018, 10:16 PM | #73 | |
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i noticed this when i was changing the speakers (bavsound) for my G30. after i washed my car, i proceeded to swap the speakers, after removing the door panels i noticed that the passenger side door (insides) was wet. the water even got to the back of the speakers (on the magnets) as well... while the driver's side was completely dry when i removed the panels, and the speakers were totally dry as well. ive contacted bavsound and they said the speakers are designed to be "water proof" and i have nothing to worry about. however, i am quite worried about the long term issues that may occur eg. rusts inside the door / speakers etc etc. Note: my G30 is only 1 month old when this happened... and its mostly parked inside my garage Last edited by The Donald; 07-16-2018 at 10:26 PM.. |
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07-17-2018, 04:37 AM | #74 | |
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It's a key reason we need good integrity to the vapour barrier inside the doors. |
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07-18-2018, 05:39 AM | #75 |
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Few things that I noticed on my G30, June 2018
Whipers The whipers are... terrible. If I understand right they are made by AutoLiv. Automatic mode is a complete mess, just doesn't start right when it supposed to. Sometimes starts without any rain, at dust or especially at insects that gets stuck on the windshield. Moreover, it happened at heavily and constant rain that speed to be switched down to fist position (slow speed) for absolute no reason. Compared to my 10 years old Honda, these are far worse. Basically, on heavily rain, if you still want to drive reasonably (ie. not with 30Km/h) you have to put into manual position on maximum speed. Even so, amazing, that high speed is not enough to have a clear view on the road! Finally, the blades got broken (driver side leave lines on windshield) after just 5000Km. Audio I have middle option, ie. "HiFi". What can I say... I should pay for Harman. When I put fader to rear it sounds like a chinese crap. The bass is poor, treble also, you just don't feel like in a premium car (perhaps missing subwoofer) LED headlights The short phase is ok, light is pleasant and just as supposed to be. The long phase has some strong white light that makes all public road signs to blind you, I suspect the wavelength or light composition make those signs too reflective. The adaptive feature (move with road curves) is quite poor, barely noticeable. When you drive in a strong curve and you are on some hill, the spot is not where is supposed to be. Safety All those nice features like pedestrian (animal) detection, lane change (the yellow sign in the mirror) are quite useless without warning beeps in speakers. That is, the beeps I can hear extremely rarely, almost in-existing. They should have been made at least the threshold of buzzing adjustable: ie. silent in town and active in extra urban. Few days ago, I drove with about 60Km/h on such road (not highway) and suddenly, from dark (because short headlight phase was too close to car) appeared a horse with cart. Just a RED warning appeared on cluster only, no beeps, no automatic brakes, nothing. In the last second I used brakes myself probably due to my 18 yrs experience, otherwise, I don't know. In contrast, three times by now, car just abnormally performed automatic brake: - in a parking area with small stones while driving with 5 Km/h between other cars very close by - on a country road, I was entering in a curve and some truck just finished to make LEFT in front of me. But entire truck was in garage already, but my car detected on rod, probably due to curve - on a highway, also in a curve, wrongly detected car on my lane Lane keeping is completely missing, why? NV (Night Vision) Is working decent (of course, when isn't raining). I mean there is a visible lag on video camera and works only on far objects. The detected objects are yellowed but with a quite big lag, I presume they need more power processing here. Again, absolute no audible warnings except cluster and HUD but not all the time. Some colleagues told me that it gives warnings but very close by... what is the point to scare me before impact??? IAS (Integral Active Steering) With risk to be complete idiot, I don't see the rear wheels moving at all, never. But according to VIN, I have such IAS. Also the car is extraordinarily stable in curves (XDrive, 19" wheels) at high speed. I can say that now I can safely take curves with double speed that my old Honda Accord, perhaps, little over-steering noticed sometimes. But otherwise, solid like a rock, no drifts at all. Even on heavily rain I barely drifted once very subtle. Adaptive Suspension What can I say.. not much difference between modes (Sport, Comfort and especially ECO). Performs well and I feel this in high speed curves.. the car just compensates the forces which is great. Feel secure. So as a conclusion so far, infotainment is somehow... poor for my standards and for that money. Also safety can be better but probably others are the same, in development stage. Overall, I am satisfied and compensate infotainment with extra tablet with Waze, Online radio, Internet, etc.
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Couple of minor niggles so far.
- iDrive doesn't always restart on same screen as it was left in (normally Map). - Radio sometimes switches off when I open the door, sometimes not until I lock the car. Nice to have so little to worry about eh? |
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07-23-2018, 04:05 PM | #78 | |
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Hi there Could you provide a bit more detail of the symptoms of this issue with the crank shaft sensor? I've picked up my new 530d SE on 22nd June 2018. Build date of end/early May. Car has been great compared to F10 530d however during the past week have had two occurrences where on the motorway with cruise control on the car stuttered for about 1-2 seconds. Possibly happening when about to go into coasting mode as part of Eco-pro mode or when engine kicks in again after coasting. Both occurrences the engine had slight vibration issues when accelerating from idle or when accelerating after coasting. Once engine is switched off and on again the issue disappears. Plan to book in for checks but thought I check if anyone had similar experiences that I can refer to. Thanks |
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I just took delivery of my 530i yesterday and the small glovebox right beside the driver appears to be broken. The handle/latch does not "close" as the spring mechanism appears to be broken. I have spoke to my SA and they will fix it. Just a bummer how something is already broken.
Right now it needs to be taped shut or else it would not close. |
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Pssst...you left the blue protective plastic on the dead pedal...and I also would invest in some tape to match the interior color if it will be that way for a while.
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As to the broken glovebox, I will be bringing it in either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to fix it. I am waiting on my SA to confirm which date it will be. |
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I got my car back on friday (2 weeks) after having the sensor replaced, seems fine now. |
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Thanks for the confirmation. Touch wood not had the cut out yet just two occasions of the short stuttering. Booked in for Thursday for check. Wondering if I should mention sensor so they have the part ready otherwise be without a car for a day or two. Sounds like our cars were built around the same time and week. So could be a faulty batch of sensors. Thanks again for the information. |
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Sadly only had my car 1 week and already someone has dented my rear bumper, had to replace a front tyre because of a nail and the dealer called me for a recall to replace the cam shaft sensor. Not a great 1st week! BMW 530e m sport.
It's a 2 day job at the dealership for the cam shaft sensor.
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