This is a 2005 BMW 745Li Sedan. BMW enjoyed record sales in August 2013 and for the first time sold over a million vehicles during the first eight months of 2013. So they must be doing something right, right? Well it is not great engineering nor parts reliability coming out of Munich.
I have a front light that needs a bulb replacement and the local BMW service writer estimated it would cost about $400 because the front bumper has to be removed to replace a bulb. A bulb cost about $40 each. He suggested replacing matching bulbs "while we got the bumper off." Remove a bumper to replace a light bulb. Who is the Fubar'd genius who came up with this one?
I bought this vehicle in a private sale about two years ago from the previous owner. To date, I have $5,200 in repairs on a BMW with less then 76,000 miles on it.
The driver's seat cushioning has become problem and I am afraid to ask what a new seat would cost. (BMW has already replaced the front passenger seat cushion.)
I am under-impressed with German engineering.
