10-01-2015, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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Does anyone have a picture of the service manual that's stamped on each visit? Can't find anything like this in my documentation for the car. Did ask selling bmw dealer but they said its all digital now. Just wanted to check as that doesn't sound right to me. Car is 2012 model. Only service related manual I can find is an 'emergency service handbook' Thanks in advance. |
10-01-2015, 02:26 PM | #2 | |
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(I don't even upload it here for it's so easy to find). Mine looks the same. I wish I had it "all digital" only, it's so inconvenient to carry/store this thing. It's all right they might have skipped giving you one: you must deserve it. Seriously, query BMW UK if it's available on request or just store the paper proof of service from the shop. |
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10-02-2015, 04:27 AM | #5 | |
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They justify this removal of the book as a way of saving paper due to all the servicing being recorded on the car, on the key and on their big clever central computer but what it really means is that when you come to sell you have no way of proving what if any service history your car has unless you sell direct to a dealer. There have been several documented instances of main dealer service work being missed from the electronic records and it is a devil of a job to fix afterwards. It also means that if you use an independent for anything (as is your right) there is no way of recording the work you had done other than keeping various scraps of paper. A cynical person may think that is all smacks of dealer protectionism. Get the book. |
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10-02-2015, 05:31 AM | #6 |
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When I buy second hand cars, the service book is worth nothing, and very easy to fake. I want to see the scraps of paper.
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10-02-2015, 09:03 AM | #7 | |
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I would guess an official BMW service should be happy to print out that electronic history for you (Will they dare to charge a fortune? I'd expect it free. ) and approve it with a stamp. Independent ones aren't eligible to mark the book actually, are they? |
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10-03-2015, 04:23 AM | #8 |
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if you have radio prof or satnav you have a digital servicemanual in the screen.. it comes up after the 1st servie ( only wehn you do it at your bmw dealer, needs to be written in the car with the diagnosis tools)
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