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Originally Posted by javadog View Post
So then, you think BMW deliberately designed a crap transmission, so that they could replace a bunch of them under warranty and suffer the hit to their brand image from pissed-off customers that had problems not covered under warranty. Yeah, makes sense to me. Pissed-off customers always buy another car from companies they hate, because of their unwavering loyalty to the brand, and I'm sure they recommend that same course of action to all of their friends and aquaintences.
Most of the replacements are happening AFTER the warranty runs out. It takes 3-4 years or 50k+ miles for the 1/2 gears to blow.
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