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Hi guys, Im new to this forum, Ive had my X6M for a year already and absolutely love it, never had issues with it till last week. I live in south Texas, where the weather is crazy one day is hot the other day is raining then its cold and so on. We had 3 days of non stop rain, which caused the majority of the streets from my city to flood. I left the X6 outside my house not thinking the streets were going to flood. To make this "story" short the truck didn't flood but the water did reach up to the half of the wheel. I didn't move it at all, I waited till the water got lower to move the truck further in my drive way. As soon as I started the truck I had a service light, can't recall what it said, but it said something like keep speed below speed limit and a pic of what appeared to be the front axle. Took the truck to the dealer, dealer is saying that the truck had water inside the intercoolers and gave me a quote of all the work that needed to be done, which equaled to like 4k in parts and labor, and they told me that it would have to be out of my pocket since it Was in a way my fault. SO I decline the work to be done and told them to just change the oil and the air filters, since the paper air filters were damaged by the water. Now the dealer is wanting me to pay $630.00 for the oil change and the filters and the service light to be deleted. Now my questions is this, if Iam in the program that BMW offers, where you don't pay for service, or maintenance, Should I have to pay this? Isn't oil changes and filters part of maintenance? any help or advice would help thanks
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07-10-2018, 01:22 PM | #2 |
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BMW maintenance program covers "scheduled" maintenance. Shouldn't damage to your car be covered under your comprehensive auto insurance?
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07-10-2018, 01:49 PM | #5 |
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My vehicle is under my business name, which requires a business insurance. My deductible is way high. Thats why I didn't go that route. From what I recall the I only saw water up to the half of the wheel. According to them the filters were wet and thats how the water got into the intercoolers. According to them the truck has like air ducts down near the bumper to get cold air in, and that, that was the way water got into the trucks, air filters and intercoolers
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07-10-2018, 01:59 PM | #6 |
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My guess is that your car got flooded higher than the wheels and you only saw it when the water was receding. Oil change is covered under the scheduled maintenance, so if you had oil change done on your own schedule then it is out of pocket... however an oil chance would cost $630 sounds crazy.. never knew a X6M oil change would cost that much. I would ask around other dealers to see how much an oil change is for a BMW X6M for comparison to see if they are charging you correctly.
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yes my deductible is actually 5k. Im not sure whats going on with the dealer, but with all this aside, my question is, should I be paying for the oil change and filters even though it was not required, but decided it was best since they found water in the intercoolers. They are also charging me for the service light that they cleared. Or should that be covered by warranty?
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My thoughts as well.
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If water actually got inside the intercoolers, then the problem maybe more serious than you thought. If it were me, I would let Indy shop do a full check, and than decide if I need to go for insurance. You don’t want to spend $4k on repair this time and then found out other damage later.
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