S55 Rod Bearing Recall

phantom7835 · 11-23-2020, 11:19 PM

Has anyone else heard about this? Haven't heard yet if I'm affected

JV973 · 11-23-2020, 11:30 PM

Damn! I get my M2 tomorrow and don't know if it affects mines.

phantom7835 · 11-23-2020, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JV973

Damn! I get my M2 tomorrow and don't know if it affects mines.

There's a stop sale on it, I would check now

JV973 · 11-23-2020, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by phantom7835

There's a stop sale on it, I would check now

Yeah I'm going to find out, I don't like that. I spoke to my CA today and he didn't mention anything.

scoale · 11-24-2020, 12:18 AM

I took delivery on 18th

What the hell did BMW change? It's not like S55 is new

FaRKle! · 11-24-2020, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by scoale

I took delivery on 18th

What the hell did BMW change? It's not like S55 is new

I doubt any Oct 2020 production M2s have been sold in the US. They're probably still on boats.

Now if they say July/Aug production cars, then scoale and I will have to start wondering...

phantom7835 · 11-24-2020, 12:43 AM

Similar to my thread about the F87 knee bags, we can use this to document issues as they arise. Hopefully nobody gets held up!

marcw · 11-24-2020, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by FaRKle!

I doubt any Oct 2020 production M2s have been sold in the US. They're probably still on boats.

Now if they say July/Aug production cars, then scoale and I will have to start wondering...

Not true. I bought my car yesterday and production date is 10/16/20. Will call my CA tomorrow.

n8dgr84 · 11-24-2020, 02:20 AM

Wtf is up with BMW and rod bearings.
Have they not fired that idiot yet...

Commanderwiggin · 11-24-2020, 02:20 AM

It literally says Oct.23 production date only. This can't affect too many cars.

ewant81 · 11-24-2020, 05:56 AM

According the to image given above, it applies to all BMW M2 produced between May '19 and Oct '20.

cb804 · 11-24-2020, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ewant81

According the to image given above, it applies to all BMW M2 produced between May '19 and Oct '20.

Yes, May 2019 to October 2020 but not for the M2. That includes the X3M and X4M. Picture only says October 23 for the M2

robertm · 11-24-2020, 08:14 AM

There can't be more than a handful of M2s in the world built on that single day. Going to be a good amount of work to replace. Would be nice if they installed a crank hub upgrade while they have everything torn apart ;-)

BigKutta · 11-24-2020, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ewant81

According the to image given above, it applies to all BMW M2 produced between May '19 and Oct '20.

I think that May 15 date is referring to the other model.

nioh_lbbm2 · 11-24-2020, 08:29 AM

People got some poor reading comprehension and too quick to panic.

Literally says M2C's produced on Oct 23, 2020.

In all likelihood, on that day an error during assembly was identified (for instance, someone forgot to use engine assembly lube on that day and maybe only on some units on that day) . They aren't saying there is a blanket problem with all S55 bearings.

Stop over reacting.

ewant81 · 11-24-2020, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by nioh_lbbm2

People got some poor reading comprehension and too quick to panic.

Literally says M2C's produced on Oct 23, 2020.

In all likelihood, on that day an error during assembly was identified (for instance, someone forgot to use engine assembly lube on that day and maybe only on some units on that day) . They aren't saying there is a blanket problem with all S55 bearings.

Stop over reacting.

I'm not too sure about panicing, or over reacting. I haven't seen anybody do that here?

However, at a second read it is stating that is only one day of production for the M2C. As someone replied above, the other dates correspond to the other vehicles mentioned.

FaRKle! · 11-24-2020, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by marcw

Not true. I bought my car yesterday and production date is 10/16/20. Will call my CA tomorrow.

No way. My car was produced late August and just arrived at port beginning of Nov. It takes a couple of months to get from Germany to the West Coast. I've had a couple of custom BMW orders and the ships can't make it in less than a month from Europe to the West Coast.

pz619 · 11-24-2020, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by FaRKle!

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Originally Posted by marcw

Not true. I bought my car yesterday and production date is 10/16/20. Will call my CA tomorrow.

No way. My car was produced late August and just arrived at port beginning of Nov. It takes a couple of months to get from Germany to the West Coast. I've had a couple of custom BMW orders and the ships can't make it in less than a month from Europe to the West Coast.

I have to disagree. The transit time of my car was Oct 8th and I took delivery Nov 2nd. Delivered to SoCal. It definitely seems like luck of the draw though.

JV973 · 11-24-2020, 02:12 PM

I picked up mines today. My CA said they haven't heard anything about it, so I took off LOL. Maybe when I take it for break in service I'll hear something.

phantom7835 · 11-24-2020, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JV973

I picked up mines today. My CA said they haven't heard anything about it, so I took off LOL. Maybe when I take it for break in service I'll hear something.

Good luck! Hopefully they don't call it back!

DCC · 11-24-2020, 04:16 PM

Aren't the engines built ahead of time?
The 10/23 date is the production date of the car jut not the engine right?
So its engines built earlier that were used on 10/23...

marcw · 11-24-2020, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by FaRKle!

No way. My car was produced late August and just arrived at port beginning of Nov. It takes a couple of months to get from Germany to the West Coast. I've had a couple of custom BMW orders and the ships can't make it in less than a month from Europe to the West Coast.

My car was shipped to the East Coast. My production date was 10/16/20. It was loaded onto the Orion Highway in Bremerhaven on 10/27/20. It arrived at Port Brunswick, GA on 11/18/20 and at the dealer on 11/20/20. Purchase date of 11/21/20.

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nioh_lbbm2 Lieutenant Colonel 1717 Rep 1,899 Posts Drives: M2 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: California iTrader: (0)	People got some poor reading comprehension and too quick to panic. Literally says M2C's produced on Oct 23, 2020. In all likelihood, on that day an error during assembly was identified (for instance, someone forgot to use engine assembly lube on that day and maybe only on some units on that day) . They aren't saying there is a blanket problem with all S55 bearings. Stop over reacting.
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