[Check-Mate]

Evening all... As the title suggests i have taken up vaping

Jokes aside really stressed out. Was driving back from work today in my 330d smoke started peering from the engine bay ever so slightly.. kept driving a few yards and its still there so being a hero i thought i would put start stop on so when i stopped at the lights it would give the engine a break.

When moving off the engine really started to struggle so i tapped the pedal and it was normal for about 5 seconds.. now i have thick white smoke coming into the cabin from the edge of the windscreen.

I manage to pull over, As i turned the engine off i heard a mechanical whine/grind sound? i thought the engine was still on a good 10 seconds after i switched it off... opened the bonnet smoke was coming out but it sort of stopped instantly and there were fresh oil/water marks in my engine bay. Called recovery a sound chap turned up couldn't find any problem so he had me drive it down the road. Immediately after giving it some welly car went to limp mode and 'drivetrain' error came up on the idrive so went back checked for errors through the obd port only code the came up was for mass air flow meter ?? although mechanic said it probably isnt that.

in the end i managed to drop it down my local garage anxiously awaiting until he calls tomorrow Can anyone share some insight on to whats happened? This happened to anyone before?

Thanks for being my online therapists

[Derrymilk]

Last ones I read about went on fire

[Check-Mate]

Thats why im stressed out... so far managed to keep it from combusting but hope its not going to be costly to repair

[Derrymilk]

Warranty?

[Jeff123]

The fact that you can still drive it is quite positive. See what the garage turns up, with a bit of luck it could be an easy fix.

[Check-Mate]

Update:

just spoke to my mechanic turns out the throttle body was the culprit.. it basically combusted taking out my intake manifold with it so total cost for parts is around £1000. Contacted the guys i bought the car from asking about warranty turns out it was only for 3 months and i received no notification that it ended.

So if anyone knows of a f30 330d being broken or a place to get the manifold from it would be much appreciated

[Sasquartch]

Other than eBay id look at specialist BMW breakers. Quarry is one, there are others, I'm sure a Google will bring some up.

[Hooded]

How long ago do you buy the car? You have 6 months sale of good act where it's up to the dealer who sold you the car to prove the fault wasn't present when they sold it.

[shoestring]

The Sale of Goods Act was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act in 2015 and lasts for 30days.

[Hooded]

Originally Posted by shoestring

The Sale of Goods Act was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act in 2015 and lasts for 30days.

No it doesn't ..the consumer rights act still covers you for 6 months ..

The first six months

If you discover the fault within the first six months of having the product, it is presumed to have been there since the time you took ownership of it - unless the retailer can prove otherwise.

During this time, it's up to the retailer to prove that the fault wasn't there when you bought it - it's not up to you to prove that it was.

If an attempt at repair or replacement has failed, you have the right to reject the goods for a full refund, or price reduction if you wish to keep the product.

The retailer can't make any deductions from your refund in the first six months following an unsuccessful attempt at repair or replacement.

The only exception to this rule is motor vehicles, where the retailer may make a reasonable reduction for the use you've already had of the vehicle after the first 30 days.

If you'd prefer to keep the goods in question, you can request an appropriate price reduction.

Taken from here: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rig...mer-rights-act

The OP is still likely able to claim for a repair on his car if it was purchased within the last 6 months and the dealer can't prove the fault wasnt there when he purchased it. It's reasonable to assume the throttle body already had some kind of damage/fault when he purchased the car for it to fail so soon after.

[shoestring]

As sympathetic as I am to the OP's plight in this matter ....Good luck with trying that on with a used car dealer...

[Hooded]

Originally Posted by shoestring

As sympathetic as I am to the OP's plight in this matter ....Good luck with trying that on with a used car dealer...

I'm sure it would be a fight .. that could end like this ...

[shoestring]

You have obviously been watching too much so called consumer rights television!

[Hooded]

Originally Posted by shoestring

You have obviously been watching too much so called consumer rights television!

If the law is on your side it's worth it for a grands worth of repairs.

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Originally Posted by Hooded

If the law is on your side it's worth it for a grands worth of repairs.

Yep it's worth going for.

Check with trading standards and consumer advice for the facts, then push for the repairs.

Far too many crap dealerships, salesmen and used car people.

[shoestring]

Check-Mate hasn't said yet how long it actually is since he bought the car and how many miles he has done in the meantime?

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Originally Posted by shoestring

Check-Mate hasn't said yet how long it actually is since he bought the car and how many miles he has done in the meantime?

I guess we are taking a positive slant on things rather than negative.

If it's outside the limit then, breakers or pay cash for repair, if it's inside then he may have grounds.

[shoestring]

It is the seemingly constant whinging about the cost of repairs that dismays me. Cars are mechanical things and they will go wrong. BMW cars are expensive so expect to have proportionally more expensive bills than if running a Skoda.It is a fact of life unfortunately!
Calling a dealer crap because he can't be a mind reader in knowing that a throttle body will explode in 6months time and expect him to pick up the tab for it when it does is totally unreasonable in my view.
Just get the bloody thing repaired and move on!

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Originally Posted by shoestring

It is the seemingly constant whinging about the cost of repairs that dismays me. Cars are mechanical things and they will go wrong. BMW cars are expensive so expect to have proportionally more expensive bills than if running a Skoda.It is a fact of life unfortunately!
Calling a dealer crap because he can't be a mind reader in knowing that a throttle body will explode in 6months time and expect him to pick up the tab for it when it does is totally unreasonable in my view.
Just get the bloody thing repaired and move on!

Yes cars are mechanical things, if they come with a warranty or the owner is protected by consumer rights, then those mone grabbing lying arsed dealers, sales etc can cover the repairs.

It does not matter what brand it is or even if it's a car, if it's covered then it should be sorted.

A huge number of dealers are crap, some are horrendously so.

That's without even mentioning the huge number of sales that know bugger all about the product they sell, huge number of cockwombles.

[Drek]

Originally Posted by shoestring

It is the seemingly constant whinging about the cost of repairs that dismays me. Cars are mechanical things and they will go wrong. BMW cars are expensive so expect to have proportionally more expensive bills than if running a Skoda.It is a fact of life unfortunately!
Calling a dealer crap because he can't be a mind reader in knowing that a throttle body will explode in 6months time and expect him to pick up the tab for it when it does is totally unreasonable in my view.
Just get the bloody thing repaired and move on!

I'll bet you'd sing a different tune if it happened to you.

[Kal101]

Originally Posted by LobB

Take an equivalent car on an extended test drive from BMW. Remove the wanted parts. Replace with defective parts. Return car to BMW complaining that they'd given you a faulty car

Think TRL even did an instructional video on this.

[Hooded]

Originally Posted by shoestring

It is the seemingly constant whinging about the cost of repairs that dismays me. Cars are mechanical things and they will go wrong. BMW cars are expensive so expect to have proportionally more expensive bills than if running a Skoda.It is a fact of life unfortunately!
Calling a dealer crap because he can't be a mind reader in knowing that a throttle body will explode in 6months time and expect him to pick up the tab for it when it does is totally unreasonable in my view.
Just get the bloody thing repaired and move on!

So the OP should foot the bill even if his consumer rights say the dealer should ?

remember your words next time you have something that needs fixing under warranty