[mike@tpc]

Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut

I'd never lemon law a car. I'd make them buy it back from me.

Better overall deal for everybody.

umm, they do buy back the car under the lemon law.


mine is 5/6/14. Guess I will be taking it in next month. Don't want to get stuck on the side of the road like we were with my wife's Z4

[GFK007]

Originally Posted by shark715

If I recall correctly one of our forum members had this exact problem recently when his car stalled while driving it.

That was me! Car just shut down in my second month of ownership.

Pump was replaced and have not had an a issue since.

[ORIGIN M.]

Originally Posted by mike@tpc

umm, they do buy back the car under the lemon law.


mine is 5/6/14. Guess I will be taking it in next month. Don't want to get stuck on the side of the road like we were with my wife's Z4

Buy back is where BMW gives your dealer extra money for trade allowance to put you into another car. The dealer wins by selling you another car, and the car is never recorded as a lemon, Lemon law is not a good route unless you truly want to leave the brand, but it will cost you regardless.

[MG 228i]

So does the car just shut off when this problem occurs?

[Merc for hire]

if the lemon law strikes, that's a good oppornity to upgrade your car to a M235i or 435i

[overcoil]

Originally Posted by MG 228i

So does the car just shut off when this problem occurs?

The engine stops and all the accessories that run from a turning engine quit though current will still pull from the battery

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut

Buy back is where BMW gives your dealer extra money for trade allowance to put you into another car. The dealer wins by selling you another car, and the car is never recorded as a lemon, Lemon law is not a good route unless you truly want to leave the brand, but it will cost you regardless.

Not necessarily. A buy back may be elective by the manufacturer or compelled by Lemon Law statutes. In either case, the consumer may take the refunded purchase price and either buy another same brand car or leave. The money goes to the consumer, not the dealer, unless the consumer decides to spend it there again.

[Pyewacket69]

Usually, that refunded purchase price has the vehicle mileage deducted from it, and in some states it doesn't take many miles to make the lemon-law buyback somewhat unattractive.

[golf4501]

Originally Posted by golf4501

Going in on Tuesday to get my Summers put on and a detail, going to have to ask about this as I have a 2/4/14 build date.

My dealer looked for me this morning, no open campaigns on my car currently. He also checked with service manager, who didn't know of anything. It would have been nice to get this taken care of with my other work, but I guess I'll have to wait until I get the letter.

[kerm1t]

Originally Posted by qballis

And there she goes...

it died while driving?

[qballis]

Originally Posted by kerm1t

it died while driving?

Yep, slowly pulling into parking lot. Was going 10mph or so and started shaking then off. Wouldn't restart at all.

Dealer issued a "TC Case" for approval, BMW NA connected to car, said its LPFP failure, and it's finally being replaced today. Have been without the car since Friday. Should have it back tomorrow.

[ORIGIN M.]

Originally Posted by Sportstick

Not necessarily. A buy back may be elective by the manufacturer or compelled by Lemon Law statutes. In either case, the consumer may take the refunded purchase price and either buy another same brand car or leave. The money goes to the consumer, not the dealer, unless the consumer decides to spend it there again.

There are several ways to do the buyback actually that's one way to do it though and I've done it successfully and was very happy with the outcome

You don't want a reduced refund via lemon law you want a real solution or more importantly a new car.

[pikcachu]

Originally Posted by qballis

Yep, slowly pulling into parking lot. Was going 10mph or so and started shaking then off. Wouldn't restart at all.

Dealer issued a "TC Case" for approval, BMW NA connected to car, said its LPFP failure, and it's finally being replaced today. Have been without the car since Friday. Should have it back tomorrow.

but the LPFP is not the one on the recall.... it's the HPFP

[qballis]

Originally Posted by pikcachu

but the LPFP is not the one on the recall.... it's the HPFP

Wrong. It's the LPFP that's over the gas tank under the back seat.

[TBro2002]

Originally Posted by Merc for hire

if the lemon law strikes, that's a good oppornity to upgrade your car to a M235i or 435i

The lemon law does not apply to a faulty fuel pump, especially when it is being replaced free of charge. There has to be a significantly large number of defects that don't get fixed for lemon law to kick in.

[pikcachu]

Originally Posted by qballis

Wrong. It's the LPFP that's over the gas tank under the back seat.

oh i see... so not the hpfp but the lpfp now

[qballis]

Originally Posted by pikcachu

oh i see... so not the hpfp but the lpfp now

N55 has to have different problems from the N54.

[abirmaher]

Originally Posted by Merc for hire

if the lemon law strikes, that's a good oppornity to upgrade your car to a M235i or 435i

Upgrade....? I don't think so :-p

[threepac3]

Mine went into production on 2/18/2014 and has 24k miles. No faults no nothing.

[3.0L]

I called my dealer yesterday and they said there is nothing they can do regarding the fuel pump until I actually receive the recall letter from BMW. From what I've been reading, that should be in a week or so.

[shark715]

In case anyone is interested, the recall has now been expanded to recall some 2015 model year VW and Audi models, too.

[Killramos]

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