CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM / OIL SEPARATOR NOW COVERED UNDER CPO !!!

[X5 Meister]

Evidently the masses have spoken and BMW has revised the SIB's for the "Crankcase ventilation system / Oil Separator - Cold climate conditions" for the N62/N62TU and M54 engines in just the past couple of days. Nothing has changed by way of parts used or the fixes employed, BUT the repairs are now "Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle Limited Warranty or the BMW Certified Pre-Owned Program."

Good news to everyone with CPO's! No news on M62 engines yet.

NOTES:
SIB 110107 - For N62/N62TU
SIB 110803 - For M54
SIB 110104 - For M62 (attached as 5 separate pages due to forum size constraints)
M54 Note - Just an additional note about the fix for this engine. (see immediately below)

[CWM]

Hi
We found this thread searching for other people in the world with the same problem with BMW m54 engines. As you can se, english is not my usual language, and I hope you could explain the thread for me. What is SIB and CPO? Is BMW taking a bigger responsibility for older cars in your country?
(My is a 525 year 2002).
Thank you for your help
CWM, (Sweden)

[Rich437]

Does this mean that the replacement of the CCV/Oil Separator will be done under CPO as part of preventive maintenance?
I have not had any oil separator problems on my 06 E53 with 3.0 but I am concerned something may happen after I reach 50K. I now have 43K and purchased the optional maintenance package from my dealer when I bought the X last summer with 35K miles.

[X5 Meister]

- No it isn't officially considered preventive maintenance so it will not be just for just that reason.
- Should something fail, or shows signs of trouble, then it WILL be done under the Certified Pre-Owned program warranty.

How much did you pay for your extended maintenance plan?

Originally Posted by Rich437

Does this mean that the replacement of the CCV/Oil Separator will be done under CPO as part of preventive maintenance?
I have not had any oil separator problems on my 06 E53 with 3.0 but I am concerned something may happen after I reach 50K. I now have 43K and purchased the optional maintenance package from my dealer when I bought the X last summer with 35K miles.

[X5 Meister]

SIB means Service Information Bulletin
CPO is the Certified Pre-Owned program - BMW North America

Yes they are. The repair used to be covered only under the standard 4 year/50,000 mile warranty. Now it's is covered until 6 years / 100,000 miles for vehicles with the extended warranty from BMW (either Certified Pre-Owned or Original Owner Protection program).

Originally Posted by CWM

Hi
We found this thread searching for other people in the world with the same problem with BMW m54 engines. As you can se, english is not my usual language, and I hope you could explain the thread for me. What is SIB and CPO? Is BMW taking a bigger responsibility for older cars in your country?
(My is a 525 year 2002).
Thank you for your help
CWM, (Sweden)

[chefwong]

Good Golly.....

Just gathering part #'s as to do list of valley pan, gasket and CCV.

The heated wrap for the M62 engine (just a heated wrap) is $500.......

I'll pass on the wrap

[X5 Meister]

It retails for $437.10 and you should be able to get it for less than $330.

Originally Posted by chefwong

Good Golly.....

Just gathering part #'s as to do list of valley pan, gasket and CCV.

The heated wrap for the M62 engine (just a heated wrap) is $500.......

I'll pass on the wrap

[chefwong]

Not sure who's computer is up to date.....but I spoke to 3 parts source - crevier, circle and morristown...all quote $5 - and I've ordered from all 3 in the past (to know they are not doing markup).

It seems like parts pricing overall has been going up quite a bit...
I suspect to make up for lost car sales..

[X5 Meister]

Yeah I think prices are going up too. My source shows it for less than yours as stated in post # 7.

[treat44]

My husband and I have a 2003 X5 3.0 and we've had this problem twice now, the first time it was covered as we were still under CPO warranty. This time we're out of warranty and likely out of luck. We've called BMW NA, but haven't heard back yet. The dealership said they'd be surprised if BMW does anything about it. We've been concerned since the first "fix" that the problem was still there as we've always had yellow gunk/moisture in the oil. We were repeatedly told this was "normal" by the dealership.

I'm also an attorney in northern Illinois and actually spent most of my career thus far defending American automakers in product defect actions. I'm no longer doing that but it gave me some experience with these sort of issues and I actually was thinking of filing a class action suit on this issue. If you're interested in discussing this further send me a private message and I can give you contact information.