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BMW made my car illegal
Heads up to anyone importing a BMW to Portugal, I went through a lengthy process to convert my US BMW X1 to meet Portugal specs. It included getting new tail lights, a switch for the rear fog lights and getting the teil lights reprogrammed to be amber. The cost was pretty significant but in the end my car passed inspection. The only issue was that I needed to get BMW to certify the engine number. So I took my car to Caetano Bavaria and while it was there they reset the vehicle to the original values meaning that it was back to miles, no rear fog light and red rather than amber turn signals. Several days later I noticed the red turn signals. I raised the issue to BMW and they acknowledged that they did it and said that they would do it any time a vehicle is serviced. If they do not correct the problem I will be filing a criminal complaint
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