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My partner's mother have one. One of her major issues was the sunroof - it rattles. There were other things - like a bit brake job and the oil pan gasket was in a serous need of replacement - but these are part of the mandatory maintenance. Congrats on the car!
Seems as soon as people on this forum see the name 'BMW' or 'Audi' posted here they start spewing all this hearsay about how unreliable the cars are. Has anyone actually done a little research into late model German cars? Its a 2014 X3...it will not break down after 50-60K, nor do you need to be a mechanic to own and maintain one, nor is maintenance that much more expensive.
My friend owns an X3, 2012 I think. He said that it just hit 200k miles, only major issue was sunroof quit working, to repair would be more than $3k.. He paid an independent mechanic to get it closed and no longer uses it instead.
We are not a German car family. No used car is perfect. For use we don't exactly follow the maintenance plan by the book. We stay on top of the oil changes and the tire rotations but little else. For us a BMW wouldn't work.
My question is how many people perform all of the maintenance as set forth in the owners manual?
I do not know modern BMWs, but I can tell you those warranties are almost always a bad option. They know what is likely to fail when and they price and exclude accordingly. Extended warranties are there for the sellers to make a profit. There a multiple layers of profit on those things, especially for the salesmen. All said and done, you are paying about 20 - 30 % of the charge for the actual risk, the rest of the cost is compensation for the sales chain and administration (people to deny your claims, etc).
If you do some research you will see that nearly all extended warranties, especially for used cars are "Not recommended"
Most of those warranties doe not cover much when you read the fine print and conditions. Usually you end up paying for the warranty and the repair both.
Instead, put half the warranty charge into a bank account. add a little to it form time to time. You will be covered if something happens, if nothing happens, you have your down payment for the next BMW that makes you happy.
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