Driver's window came off its rail (apparently a design fault in the early 3 Series, but reportedly fixed before my car went into production).
Comfortable drive, marred by excessive wind noise (not a quiet car).
BMW dealers are notoriously expensive, and not worth it. GBP 26 quoted for topping up the antifreeze. Unnecessary work done, so honesty not prevalent with BMW dealers. Don't bother keeping the FBMWSH up, go to a BMW specialist instead, not a dealer.
Yeah the dealers are expensive. Part prices are not too bad, it's the labour costs that are silly.
I had the same problem with my window (1993 318i), I had a Haynes manual and found the problem. Went to dealers for parts, cost me £3.00 in vat!! And my window has never played up since.
BMW has realised their costs are taking away the older cars and have now introduced the four plus scheme. Mine's in for a second inspection next week. Going to cost £275 inc VAT, but this is little money to pay for piece of mind on a beemer cos when they go wrong... well lets not think about it!!
I am currently experiencing the same problem with the driver side front window of my 1986 3 series BMW running out of the rails when opening/closing the window. (Electrical mechanism).How do I solve this and what can the cause of this be? Advice greatly appreciated.
Regards
Johan.
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