If I buy one of these cars, is there anything catastrophic that will go wrong? Or is it just maintence and the typical valve gasket and oil filter housing? Im looking for manuals but auto is probably what ill get because there is more and cheaper, anything wrong with these transmissions? I appreciate any advice, thanks!
Spreadsheet outlining the cost: https://i.imgur.com/kQyy7az.png the posts in yellow are things that broke, so not wear items. The section marked things that broke are not wear or maintenance items, but rather things that I had to fix unexpectedly.
I’m shopping around for another car and I like the 328i a lot, the 2015 XDrive model to be specific. I’ve heard a lot about BMWs being unreliable cars and not worth buying because they break easy and are expensive to fix. Also all the models that I am looking at have between 100000 and 120000 miles on them already. Is that too many miles to consider buying a used BMW? I wanted some more opinions before I make any decisions to proceed on anything. Can anybody give me some guidance?
I have a 2009 328i E90 Automatic with 135k miles. I bought a Carly scanner for it and I have the full package. (Ability to read specific BMW codes). It has a 00578E code which means the transmission fluid is worn out.
At around 120k miles I changed the transmission fluid 3 times. 2 drain and fills, and then a 3rd time when I dropped the oil pan, changed the filter, cleaned the pan and magnet, and then reinstalled with a fresh gasket. I used Amsoil full synthetic ATF, I called both Amsoil and BMW themselves to double check that this fluid is compatible with both confirming that it is.