[madmax444]

After the drama of the 'Coolant top-up' fault
which my 118 previuosly. (No need for coolant by the way),
another error has shown itselt in iDrive. 'Drivetrain' error.
Would this be another recall???

[Bruno28]

Originally Posted by madmax444

After the drama of the 'Coolant top-up' fault
which my 118 previuosly. (No need for coolant by the way),
another error has shown itselt in iDrive. 'Drivetrain' error.
Would this be another recall???

I have same problem with coolant. I will go for service in a week and will ask them.

[madmax444]

My 118 visited the dealer's for check-up more often than I visited my GP.

[madmax444]

Got back my car after 3days with the dealers of fault finding and some sort of software upgrade.
The DRIVETRAIN error did not come back again until 4 days later.
So I will be bringing back the car again. Grrrr!

[nickdpp]

this problem often happens here in China, solution is to clean (or to replace) the solenoid valve in the turbo charger.

i guess you ofen drive in the traffic jam? don't you?

[nickdpp]

this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath （70% of all have this problem）
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)

[ovekvam]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath （70% of all have this problem）
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)

Our car has the regular steering, and no steering noises.
About the leaking oil valve, where is it located? I have noticed that the oil level is slowling sinking.

[jhbodle]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath （70% of all have this problem）
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)

I must be lucky then as I have none of these on mine.

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by ovekvam

Our car has the regular steering, and no steering noises.
About the leaking oil valve, where is it located? I have noticed that the oil level is slowling sinking.

http://club.autohome.com.cn/bbs/thre...1338346-1.html
please check this link, it's leaking, the place is under the engine, it's not possible to see by your eyes unless car is raised, our solution is to take a photo
BMW China has given the solution to change the engine oil pressure valve, but it needs many days, and the front axle system will be totally disassembled。

[ovekvam]

Thank you. I still don't quite understand where it is, but I will look into it.

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by ovekvam

Thank you. I still don't quite understand where it is, but I will look into it.

http://club.autohome.com.cn/bbs/thre...1249366-1.html

this is the place, you put your hand deep into the gap with a camera, camera facing to engine ,then shoot

[SuperSSRallyGT]

This leaking oil valve - is it only petrol engines, or diesel too?

[tawia]

I have the noisy fan in the cabin issue starting now, can hear it when it speeds up to cool/heat the car. Will wait till it gets worse before taking it in. Other issues are noisy rear suspension.
My old E90 only let me down once with failed ABS system. One thing in 7 years

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by SuperSSRallyGT

This leaking oil valve - is it only petrol engines, or diesel too?

petrol engine error

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by tawia

I have the noisy fan in the cabin issue starting now, can hear it when it speeds up to cool/heat the car. Will wait till it gets worse before taking it in. Other issues are noisy rear suspension.
My old E90 only let me down once with failed ABS system. One thing in 7 years

what i heard the noise in the AC system is due to tree leaf falling in the pipe, not sure about it. check with the dealer

[madmax444]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

this problem often happens here in China, solution is to clean (or to replace) the solenoid valve in the turbo charger.

i guess you ofen drive in the traffic jam? don't you?

Traffic jam 5 days a week.

[madmax444]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath （70% of all have this problem）
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)

nickdpp, I've had problem 1, and yet to check Problem 2 & 3.
I'm not sure about the steering wheel noise. Not sure noise i should be hearing.
So far i-drive behaves itself

With regards to the Drivetrain Fault, It seemed to be intermittent. I've noticed that error comes up on cold days. Hmmm..
Sensitive little thing...

[madmax444]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

http://club.autohome.com.cn/bbs/thre...1338346-1.html
please check this link, it's leaking, the place is under the engine, it's not possible to see by your eyes unless car is raised, our solution is to take a photo
BMW China has given the solution to change the engine oil pressure valve, but it needs many days, and the front axle system will be totally disassembled。

This leaking, is it evident on the ground where the car is parked? or the oil leak just stays around where the valve and not strong enough to have evident droplets on the ground?

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by madmax444

This leaking, is it evident on the ground where the car is parked? or the oil leak just stays around where the valve and not strong enough to have evident droplets on the ground?

there is a protection board under the engine, so normally you will not see any oil dropping on the ground, but you will see some oil on this board if the leaking is serious.
this problem had a long story on mini cooper S 1.6T petrol engine(same engine as 118 1.6T), first of all BMW said the rubber ring in the oil valve is not strong enough, but actually the issue is never solved until dealer changes the whole oil valve. please check with your dealer

[nickdpp]

Originally Posted by madmax444

nickdpp, I've had problem 1, and yet to check Problem 2 & 3.
I'm not sure about the steering wheel noise. Not sure noise i should be hearing.
So far i-drive behaves itself

With regards to the Drivetrain Fault, It seemed to be intermittent. I've noticed that error comes up on cold days. Hmmm..
Sensitive little thing...

local dealer told me, if you often drive in the traffic jam, or drive in low speed with low round per minute, you will very easily to catch this problem.

[Math]

Originally Posted by nickdpp

this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath （70% of all have this problem）
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)

Seriously, where do you get these numbers from? I have had no problems whatsoever with my car in 6 months and 11000 km.
If you say the oil leak is only in petrol cars then how can you say 90% of F20's have this problem?!

[ovekvam]

Originally Posted by Math

Seriously, where do you get these numbers from? I have had no problems whatsoever with my car in 6 months and 11000 km.
If you say the oil leak is only in petrol cars then how can you say 90% of F20's have this problem?!

I guess these are Shanghai numbers. There are no diesel passenger cars there.