Continuation of repair
and maintenance history for 1989 BMW 750iL, all by prior owner |
No. |
Date
notated or repaired |
Mileage |
Cost |
What
wasn't working |
Repairs
completed |
Follow-up
notes |
54 |
9-27-96 |
72,573 |
$403.38 |
Fluid leak |
Inlet pipe replaced |
No problems found with
cooling system |
53 |
9-25-96 |
72,507 |
$607.36 |
Cooling system failure |
Radiator replaced |
|
52 |
9-3-96 |
71,608 |
$283.49 |
Cooling system failure |
Fan clutch replaced |
|
51 |
8-29-96 |
|
$14.62 |
|
Coolant |
|
50 |
7-22-96 |
70,167 |
$344.48 |
Battery dead- jump start
required |
Battery replaced |
|
49 |
7-18-96 |
|
$15.40 |
|
Hydraulic fluid |
|
48 |
6-25-96 |
69,435 |
$547.11 |
Check engine light on;
no power |
Fuel pump replaced |
|
47 |
6-24-96 |
|
|
|
|
Car needs: 2 distributor
caps, 2 rotors, 2 oxygen sensors, spark plug wires left and right, 2
fuel filters, with a $1687.62 estimate- appears as though the work was
not done on this day |
46 |
6-21-96 |
69,431 |
$229.47 |
Power loss |
Air flow meter replaced |
|
45 |
6-5-96 |
68,924 |
|
Oil service |
Oil, filter & lube |
|
44 |
4-17-96 |
|
|
Car smokes; car drifts
to the left |
Could not detect smoke
or any drift to the left |
|
43 |
4-3-96 |
|
|
Alignment off - car still
drifts to the left |
|
|
42 |
4-1-96 |
67,079 |
$49.95 |
Alignment off |
4 wheel wheel alignment;
front end inspection |
Needs rack & pinion
work |
41 |
2-26-96 |
|
|
Alignment still off- car
drifts to the left |
|
|
40 |
2-13-96 |
65,929 |
$411.81 |
Loss of power; engine
Transmission light |
Fuel tank sending unit
for fuel gauge replaced |
|
39 |
2-8-96 |
|
|
Buzzing sound; yellow
fluid; anti-lock and hand brake light; coolant temperature; power steering |
|
|
38 |
1-2-96 |
65,539 |
$894.85 |
Car towed in - fluid leak |
Water pump, thermostat,
breather hose & clamps |
|
37 |
12-11-95 |
64,913 |
$768.90 |
Oil & brake indicators |
Oil service, replaced
front and rear brake discs and pads and sensors |
|
36 |
6-26-95 |
|
$360.38 |
Alignment off |
4 wheel alignment and
balance |
|
35 |
5-18-95 |
60,619 |
$0 |
Low coolant light on and
runs a little hot |
Coolant replaced |
Cooling system pressure
checked |
34 |
5-11-95 |
60,445 |
Warranty |
Recall - radiator hoses |
Upper and water hoses
replaced |
|
33 |
5-3-95 |
|
|
Alignment |
Front end aligned |
|
32 |
4-25-95 |
60,018 |
$0 |
Recall - coolant hose |
Hose replaced |
|
31 |
4-14-95 |
59.818 |
$1134.08 |
Service due |
60,000 mile service; battery;
high pressure power steering hose |
|
30 |
1-17-95 |
58,174 |
$82.89 |
Brake warning light on
again; also indicators for low washer fluid and coolant again; tires
seem to be wearing badly |
Brake light bulb; washer
fluid and coolant filled |
No coolant leak found |
29 |
11-23-94 |
|
|
Oil service needed; brake
warning light, but all lights appear to be working |
|
|
28 |
6-16-94 |
52,501 |
$169.52 |
Check for oil leak |
Replaced oil tensioner
o-ring |
|
27 |
6-8-94 |
|
|
Oil dripping from front
end |
|
|
26 |
5-10-94 |
50,864 |
$662.83 |
Lot of leaking out of
the front end, probably coolant; whining sound from power steering |
Radiator pressure hose;
oil service |
|
25 |
4-24-94 |
50,250 |
$0 |
Glass still rattling following
rear window replacement |
Glass vacuumed |
|
24 |
4-15-94 |
50,232 |
$406.86 |
Glass rattling following
rear window replacement; grinding noise from braking; green fluid leak |
Front brake pads and rotors
replaced; glass cleaned |
Power steering hose leaking-
may cause fire; oil leak from pressure regulator sensors; oil leak from
timing chain tensioner |
23 |
3-17-94 |
|
|
Brakes still grinding;
leak from radiator or window washer |
|
|
22 |
2-19-94 |
|
|
Coolant indicator; glass
still rolling around after window replacement; feel transmission shifting;
grinding noise when braking |
|
|
21 |
2-2-94 |
|
|
Glass rolling around inside
roll-up shade after window replaced |
|
|
20 |
10-12-93 |
|
|
Brought in for repair |
|
|
19 |
9-2-93 |
43,753 |
$55.00 |
Steering shimmy; cooling
system; brake squeal |
Brakes checked; cooling
system checked |
No coolant leak found |
18 |
9-1-93 |
|
|
Car shimmies around 50MPH;
brakes make strange grinding noise when approaching a stop |
No work done |
No shimmy found |
17 |
5-7-93 |
40,441 |
$784.63 |
Rear window spontaneously
bursts |
Rear window replaced |
|
16 |
2-11-93 |
38,356 |
$75.03 |
Brake lights indicator |
Replaced brake light switch |
|
15 |
8-27-92 |
|
|
Brake lining warning light;
screw missing in driver's door causing door to be loose |
|
|
14 |
6-15-92 |
|
|
Tires wearing down quite
a bit |
|
|
13 |
1-27-92 |
|
|
Coolant level low |
|
|
12 |
12-03-91 |
26,291 |
$413.43 |
Noisy brakes; brake warning
light |
Front brake pads and rotors |
|
11 |
11-13-91 |
25,424 |
|
Brakes squeaking |
|
|
10 |
9-24-91 |
23,664 |
|
|
Heating-A/C system serviced;
oil service |
|
9 |
6-24-91 |
20,651 |
$487.91 |
Suspension problem; window
washer driver side; right rear door noisy when opened |
Left front end assembly
replaced; washer cleared |
|
8 |
6-6-91 |
20,450 |
$430.87 |
New tires |
Tires and balancing |
This is not included in
any dollar totals. |
7 |
4-15-91 |
17,864 |
$280.12 |
Brakes |
Replaced front brake pads
& sensor and rear pads |
Next time pads replaced,
will need discs also. |
6 |
1-28-91 |
|
|
Carriage underneath car
telephone (factory installed) is "rattling like crazy" |
|
|
5 |
1-7-91 |
14,666 |
|
|
Seatback retention; seat
belt buckle |
|
4 |
11-26-90 |
|
|
Smell of gas again |
|
Next available opening
to repair the car is January 7, 1991, five weeks later! |
3 |
10-2-90 |
11,754 |
Warranty |
Smell of gas in garage;
an indicator light stays on; window washers not working |
Gas hose clamp replaced;
washers cleaned and adjusted; topped off power steering fluid |
Indicator light not fixed,
because in 45 days the car will going in for a recall "update service"
which will include fixing the indicator light defect, and there is "a
lengthy list of updates they're working on" and will take at least
4 days to complete. There is a dispute between dealer and manufacturer
and should be resolved within 45 days. |
2 |
2-2-90 |
3927 |
$1747.66 |
New wheels
& tires |
Wheels
& tires installed |
The was
an elective addition to the car and is not included in any dollar totals. |
1 |
1-12-90 |
|
Warranty |
Front
spoiler; rubber gasket driver's door |
Spoiler
replaced |
|
0 |
11-13-89 |
129 |
|
|
|
Car is
delivered new |
No. |
Date
notated or repaired |
Mileage |
Cost |
What
wasn't working |
Repairs
completed |
Follow-up
notes |