Original Owner missed break in period

[Gertsee]

So I just found out the original owner of my F82 M4 didnt do the break in period check up thats supposed to be done at 1200 miles until 2800 miles. Car now has 59,000 miles. Should I be worried? I was planning on doing oil change, pads, diff fluid, and air filters this week; Car is completely stock and had 1 owner before me no accidents

[Eric SS]

I'm curious about this as well. I'm the second owner and the first maintenance showing on my Carfax report on my car was at 5k miles at BMW. Currently I'm at 25k miles. When I bring it in for service to BMW for the first time I'm going to see if maybe it's in their system or not for the break in service.

[Gertsee]

Originally Posted by Eric SS

I'm curious about this as well. I'm the second owner and the first maintenance showing on my Carfax report on my car was at 5k miles at BMW. Currently I'm at 25k miles. When I bring it in for service to BMW for the first time I'm going to see if maybe it's in their system or not for the break in service.

A friend of mine is a tech at bmw and he showed me the service records. Wish people took better care of their leases :

[doug_999]

Only the M cars have this 1,200 mile service now. In the old days, all bmws had it. Funny how when bmw started paying for maintenance, it suddenly was not important on most of their lineup.

The short story is you will be fine. You are out of warranty and that would be the only reason it would matter (if you were in warranty bmw could use it against you).

Go enjoy the car

[N1rve]

No I wouldn't worry. It's more important if you are looking for warranty claims.

[nickl630]

Originally Posted by Gertsee

So I just found out the original owner of my F82 M4 didnt do the break in period check up thats supposed to be done at 1200 miles until 2800 miles. Car now has 59,000 miles. Should I be worried? I was planning on doing oil change, pads, diff fluid, and air filters this week; Car is completely stock and had 1 owner before me no accidents

Nope. Enjoy the car.

[FormulaMMM]

56,000 miles later and out of warranty, zero concern.

[Carguy1994]

I never did the first maint. either. Currently 22,000 miles no issues.

[BigKutta]

At least it was done at 2500, you'll be just fine. Actually, you already are fine. At this mileage, you couldn't possible point to a late break in service for anything, so why stress?

[swagon]

Originally Posted by doug_999

Only the M cars have this 1,200 mile service now. In the old days, all bmws had it. Funny how when bmw started paying for maintenance, it suddenly was not important on most of their lineup.

The short story is you will be fine. You are out of warranty and that would be the only reason it would matter (if you were in warranty bmw could use it against you).

Go enjoy the car

Yeah.

1 Series M with N54 had a mandatory break-in period.
Z4 35is with the same N54 did not have a mandatory break-in period.

On top of that, BMW then says 6MT fluid is lifetime.

It's all kinda bullshit, to be honest.

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by swagon

Yeah.

1 Series M with N54 had a mandatory break-in period.
Z4 35is with the same N54 did not have a mandatory break-in period.

On top of that, BMW then says 6MT fluid is lifetime.

It's all kinda bullshit, to be honest.

Worse is the 8 speed auto having lifetime fluid That thing is a ticking timebomb without a fluid change!

and... I did not know about the 1M/Z4 35is comparison, but it makes sense!

[///MB ///M3]

Originally Posted by Eric SS

I'm curious about this as well. I'm the second owner and the first maintenance showing on my Carfax report on my car was at 5k miles at BMW. Currently I'm at 25k miles. When I bring it in for service to BMW for the first time I'm going to see if maybe it's in their system or not for the break in service.

I Had the same concern when I bought my used F80. The 1200 mile service wasn't on the CarFax, but I had the service manager pull the service records and it was completed so don't rely on just the CarFax.

[mikey914]

Originally Posted by Gertsee

So I just found out the original owner of my F82 M4 didnt do the break in period check up thats supposed to be done at 1200 miles until 2800 miles. Car now has 59,000 miles. Should I be worried? I was planning on doing oil change, pads, diff fluid, and air filters this week; Car is completely stock and had 1 owner before me no accidents

i just picked up my f80 m3 2 weeks ago as well. i checked the service history at BMW and it said the 1200 mile M service was done at 8500 miles, i still have warranty at the moment and i brought the car in for a service, I dont know if i can purchase extended warranty though, but the car is perfect, 43k miles 2017 m3 ZCP

[amrazM]

Originally Posted by swagon

Yeah.

1 Series M with N54 had a mandatory break-in period.
Z4 35is with the same N54 did not have a mandatory break-in period.

On top of that, BMW then says 6MT fluid is lifetime.

It's all kinda bullshit, to be honest.

Lifetime,





Of the warranty.

[swagon]

Originally Posted by amrazM

Lifetime,





Of the warranty.

Then parts dude at dealer says, "you know this is lifetime fluid." Yes, I know and my car is out of warranty and your Zurich CPO warranty sucks anyway. Lol

[UBR3000]

Can someone confirm whether the car actually displays a message at 1200 miles for this break-in service like it does for other things like oil changes and brakes?

I'm pretty sure the original owner of mine just took it in whenever the car told him service was needed, or at least it seems that way from the maintenance history, but there's no info about a 1200 mile service.

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by FAM3LYCAR

Can someone confirm whether the car actually displays a message at 1200 miles for this break-in service like it does for other things like oil changes and brakes?

I'm pretty sure the original owner of mine just took it in whenever the car told him service was needed, or at least it seems that way from the maintenance history, but there's no info about a 1200 mile service.

From memory there is a warning symbol that appears every time you start the car. I guess some people miss it? It is on the iDrive screen - up top and a different color. Never goes away.

It stays there until you have the service done.

[scoale]

Originally Posted by FAM3LYCAR

Can someone confirm whether the car actually displays a message at 1200 miles for this break-in service like it does for other things like oil changes and brakes?

I'm pretty sure the original owner of mine just took it in whenever the car told him service was needed, or at least it seems that way from the maintenance history, but there's no info about a 1200 mile service.

Yes, there is.

[LukeM15]

Originally Posted by Gertsee

So I just found out the original owner of my F82 M4 didnt do the break in period check up thats supposed to be done at 1200 miles until 2800 miles. Car now has 59,000 miles. Should I be worried? I was planning on doing oil change, pads, diff fluid, and air filters this week; Car is completely stock and had 1 owner before me no accidents

Aren’t you out of warranty already anyway? What’s the point if he did it or not. Just saying

[Gertsee]

Originally Posted by LukeM15

Aren't you out of warranty already anyway? What's the point if he did it or not. Just saying

Just in case that may cause some type of long term powertrain damage. I figured that 1200 mile service interval was there for a reason and a vital step for the car's longterm reliability but I guess not.

[scoale]

Originally Posted by Gertsee

Just in case that may cause some type of long term powertrain damage. I figured that 1200 mile service interval was there for a reason and a vital step for the car's longterm reliability but I guess not.

You can do a blackstone analysis if you are worried? A compression test if you are really, really worried? Others may have additional thoughts on how to assess the condition of your engine

[scoale]

Originally Posted by mikey914

i just picked up my f80 m3 2 weeks ago as well. i checked the service history at BMW and it said the 1200 mile M service was done at 8500 miles, i still have warranty at the moment and i brought the car in for a service, I dont know if i can purchase extended warranty though, but the car is perfect, 43k miles 2017 m3 ZCP

Had a BMW dealership tell me my car was ineligible for extended warranty because 1,200 mile service was not completed. Service did not show on Carfax either. Fortunately, I had hard copy paperwork for completed service at BMW dealership and all was "fixed".