[bad karma]

Driving to work this morning, I got an engine temperature warning and then about 10 seconds later a red "engine overheated" warning. I pulled over immediately and popped the hood to let her cool down. Luckily I was within two exits of the dealer, so after about 15 minutes of cooling I limped it to the dealer. They just called me to let me know it was the pump, which I suspected.

Just over 67,000 miles on the clock now, and boy am I glad to have an extended warranty paying 100% of the cost.

[bimmette]

Welcome to the club. You're so lucky to have warranty.

[bad karma]

Originally Posted by bimmette

Welcome to the club. You're so lucky to have warranty.

Yeah, I know its not exactly news that a water pump failed, but I am a bit surprised that it still plagues the 2011's even. I guess I was under the mistaken impression that the 2010+ cars were on a new enough revision of the pump that is was a rare occurrence to have one fail.

I had a rear door actuator fail a couple weeks ago, so between that and the cost to replace the pump the warranty has already paid for itself, almost.

[bimmette]

Originally Posted by bad karma

Yeah, I know its not exactly news that a water pump failed, but I am a bit surprised that it still plagues the 2011's even. I guess I was under the mistaken impression that the 2010+ cars were on a new enough revision of the pump that is was a rare occurrence to have one fail.

I had a rear door actuator fail a couple weeks ago, so between that and the cost to replace the pump the warranty has already paid for itself, almost.

Oh I didn't even mean to sound sarcastic, haha! I think when it happens to each person, it just really really sucks, and we all truly knows how it feels!

[3s4u2]

Originally Posted by bad karma

Yeah, I know its not exactly news that a water pump failed, but I am a bit surprised that it still plagues the 2011's even. I guess I was under the mistaken impression that the 2010+ cars were on a new enough revision of the pump that is was a rare occurrence to have one fail.

I had a rear door actuator fail a couple weeks ago, so between that and the cost to replace the pump the warranty has already paid for itself, almost.

They fail over many different mileage counts, my wife's 2006 325i still has the original water pump with over 245,000 miles on it, we expect it to go any year now because now we have the T-Stat error code!

[bad karma]

Originally Posted by bimmette

Oh I didn't even mean to sound sarcastic, haha! I think when it happens to each person, it just really really sucks, and we all truly knows how it feels!

Oh, no worries, I didn't take it that way.

[bad karma]

Originally Posted by 3s4u2

They fail over many different mileage counts, my wife's 2006 325i still has the original water pump with over 245,000 miles on it, we expect it to go any year now because now we have the T-Stat error code!

Damn, that's impressive! How is the car holding up in general at that mileage?

[3s4u2]

Originally Posted by bad karma

Damn, that's impressive! How is the car holding up in general at that mileage?

Best BMW I have ever owned!!!

[d1saster]

Originally Posted by 3s4u2

...my wife's 2006 325i still has the original water pump with over 245,000 miles on it, we expect it to go any year now because now we have the T-Stat error code!

If i remember correctly that WP is not electric.

[davidwarren]

Originally Posted by d1saster

If i remember correctly that WP is not electric.

It is electric. My wife has the same car. Her's died at like 75K miles.

[924er]

Luckily mine was changed during CPO. It didn't fail but the tech did a pressure test for no reason and found a leak in the WP. Lol

[jgoens]

well.. yours was a hardy one. Mine went out at 26k..which is normal by my SA's standards. Basically these lectric thingers are only engineerd fer bout 30k..so if yer's makes it much more you are a winner.

[mex2309]

Kinda hoping mine goes out within 6 months of my cpo ending. At 62k now.

[bad karma]

Originally Posted by mex2309

Kinda hoping mine goes out within 6 months of my cpo ending. At 62k now.

Yeah, all things considered I'm actually glad mine failed. Means I should be GTG for another 50k or so, and I won't have to worry about replacing it out of warranty, if I even keep the car that long.

[Ginobass]

Originally Posted by bad karma

Driving to work this morning, I got an engine temperature warning and then about 10 seconds later a red "engine overheated" warning. I pulled over immediately and popped the hood to let her cool down. Luckily I was within two exits of the dealer, so after about 15 minutes of cooling I limped it to the dealer. They just called me to let me know it was the pump, which I suspected.

Just over 67,000 miles on the clock now, and boy am I glad to have an extended warranty paying 100% of the cost.

If I may inquire, what extended warranty plan do you have?

[fazman]

Originally Posted by 3s4u2

They fail over many different mileage counts, my wife's 2006 325i still has the original water pump with over 245,000 miles on it, we expect it to go any year now because now we have the T-Stat error code!

Okay I'll start, 2008 e90 FBO n54 with 105k miles and stock WP+TStat... going strong still

[bad karma]

Originally Posted by Ginobass

If I may inquire, what extended warranty plan do you have?

Route 66 Easy Street plan. Bought it from my credit union when I bought the car. Paid $2400 for 5 years and 100,000 total miles of comprehensive coverage.

[fravel]

Originally Posted by 3s4u2

They fail over many different mileage counts, my wife's 2006 325i still has the original water pump with over 245,000 miles on it, we expect it to go any year now because now we have the T-Stat error code!

I got the T-stat code on my car last summer, changed out only the thermostat, didn't touch the waterpump (other than to remove the thermostat), water pump is still going strong.

[Dhillon92]

My waterpump went last week LOL 2011 with 60k kms! They did put a revised pump in though, hopefully it lasts much longer, I think it was a conti. one.