Dealer giving me hard time. Bad shocks?

geost · 03-17-2014, 06:04 PM

Techwhiz, just out of curiousity was/is your rear passenger side lower than the left? Thanks.

geost · 03-18-2014, 01:13 PM

I copied and pasted from another thread regarding this issue. I had taken it to an indy shop here in the bay area.

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I just got my car back and so far I'm very pleased. Aleks took my car for a test drive and noticed the wobble. He checked everything and it turns out the bolts on the subframe were loose so he tightened everything. I also brought my 19s to have him install them and get an alignment.

After all was said and done, the car drives sooooo much better. My rear passenger rim doesn't rub like crazy like before, and my car doesn't wobble anymore (so far!). I'm going to commute home in the car tonight to further test it out. He asked me to let him know through email or phone call to see how it is and if the problem went away completely.

The dealer had my car for a whole week and couldn't figure out what the wobble was. They eventually said it was "normal" and part of the suspension of the car. Aleks figured out the problem in one day and he seemed pretty honest with everything and how he explained his findings.

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Another update. The wobble is gone entirely. I drove home (~50 miles one way) and back this morning and no signs of this annoyance. Thank god. It sucks how the dealer couldn't figure it out and the BS excuses they were giving me (19s are too big, your tires on your 18s are bald and causing it to be bouncy, it's within spec of the sport suspension, sport suspension is to supposed to do this, etc).

In the end I'm happy it's finally fixed.

03-18-2014, 02:12 PM

Glad you got it figured out...too bad such a, relatively simple fix, caused that much of a headache.

David1 · 03-18-2014, 02:16 PM

Now the question is why were the bolts loose?

.fLip. · 03-18-2014, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by David1

Now the question is why were the bolts loose?

exactly. my car is starting to feel similar to this description, however I have about 80k miles on there. but i too am curious why they were loose...

geost · 03-18-2014, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by David1

Now the question is why were the bolts loose?

Honestly I have no idea. It didn't even occur to me to ask. But I think the first thing to check are definitely the bolts for those that have a wobbly/bouncy rear.

techwhiz · 03-18-2014, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by geost

Techwhiz, just out of curiousity was/is your rear passenger side lower than the left? Thanks.

Yes.

David1 · 03-19-2014, 01:41 PM

And his dealer obviously didn't check much.

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geost Second Lieutenant 43 Rep 281 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M Sport Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: NorCal iTrader: (1)	I copied and pasted from another thread regarding this issue. I had taken it to an indy shop here in the bay area. -- I just got my car back and so far I'm very pleased. Aleks took my car for a test drive and noticed the wobble. He checked everything and it turns out the bolts on the subframe were loose so he tightened everything. I also brought my 19s to have him install them and get an alignment. After all was said and done, the car drives sooooo much better. My rear passenger rim doesn't rub like crazy like before, and my car doesn't wobble anymore (so far!). I'm going to commute home in the car tonight to further test it out. He asked me to let him know through email or phone call to see how it is and if the problem went away completely. The dealer had my car for a whole week and couldn't figure out what the wobble was. They eventually said it was "normal" and part of the suspension of the car. Aleks figured out the problem in one day and he seemed pretty honest with everything and how he explained his findings. -- Another update. The wobble is gone entirely. I drove home (~50 miles one way) and back this morning and no signs of this annoyance. Thank god. It sucks how the dealer couldn't figure it out and the BS excuses they were giving me (19s are too big, your tires on your 18s are bald and causing it to be bouncy, it's within spec of the sport suspension, sport suspension is to supposed to do this, etc). In the end I'm happy it's finally fixed. __________________
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