BMW Parts Arriving With Manufacturing Defects

[CKr]

Has anyone else run into a similar situation? Over the past year and a half, some of the BMW branded parts I have ordered from dealerships and other suppliers, have arrived damaged or with manufacturing defects, for example:

• Three sets of "M3" door sills which had some form of manufacturing defect
• New style 24 (LTW) wheels all had dust under the clear coat and some of the faces were not finished properly. The dealership ordered several wheels only to find they all had some form of damage or imperfections in them.
• Drip edge moldings, all 5 sets of which were damaged
• Damaged US-spec headlight lenses


Example photos: https://imgur.com/a/DhBgIZR

[GG///M3]

Over the past year and a half, some of the BMW branded parts I have ordered from dealerships and other suppliers, have arrived damaged or with manufacturing defects, for example:

• Three sets of "M3" door sills which had some form of manufacturing defect
• New style 24 (LTW) wheels all had dust under the clear coat and some of the faces were not finished properly. The dealership ordered several wheels only to find they all had some form of damage or imperfections in them.
• Drip edge moldings, all 5 sets of which were damaged
• Damaged US-spec headlight lenses


Example photos: https://imgur.com/a/DhBgIZR


Has anyone else run into a similar situation?

Well you wonder who is working in the factories over there these days.

[nick325xit 5spd]

Genuine BMW is no longer Genuine BMW is the problem.

Not that I’ve ever felt universally compelled to buy “Genuine,” (I do when it’s convenient, price competitive, or actually appears to be superior), but I really saw the writing on the wall when I got handed a “Genuine BMW Victor Reinz” gasket at the parts counter.

[Gene V]

Well you wonder who is working in the factories over there these days.

They speak Chinese...

[emoore924]

Looks like the headlight was wrapped in bubble wrap waaaaaaayyyyyy too long.

[shogun]

They speak Chinese...

China is only # 4, here are the statistics, Global sales from auto parts exports by country totaled US$385.4 billion in 2017.
Among continents, European countries generated the highest dollar worth of automotive parts exports during 2017 with shipments valued at $185.1 billion or 48% of the global total. Second-place Asia supplied 29.2% followed by North American shipments at 21.4%. Latin America (excluding Mexico) plus the Caribbean shipped 0.9% of the worldwide total trailed by Africa (0.3%) and Oceania (0.2%) with even smaller shares.
Below are the 15 suppliers that exported the highest dollar value worth of automotive parts during 2017:
1.Germany: US$62.5 billion (16.2% of exported auto parts)
2.United States: $44.9 billion (11.7%)
3.Japan: $34.5 billion (9%)
4.China: $31 billion (8.1%)
5.Mexico: $26.9 billion (7%)
6.South Korea: $19.5 billion (5.1%)
7.France: $15.5 billion (4%)
8.Czech Republic: $14.6 billion (3.8%)
9.Italy: $13.7 billion (3.5%)
10.Poland: $12.4 billion (3.2%)
11.Spain: $10.8 billion (2.8%)
12.Canada: $10.5 billion (2.7%)
13.Thailand: $7.7 billion (2%)
14.Romania: $7.4 billion (1.9%)
15.United Kingdom: $6.6 billion (1.7%)

The listed 15 countries shipped 82.7% of all auto parts exports in 2017 (by value). Among the above countries, the fastest-growing auto parts exporters since 2013 were: Romania (up 62.6%), Mexico (up 31.1%), Poland (up 28.9%), Czech Republic (up 26.1%) and China (up 21.7%). Five countries posted declines in their exported auto parts sales namely South Korea (down -18.1%), France (down -10.7%), Italy (down -9%), Japan (down -2.1%) and Spain (down -0.6%).

[marvinstockman]

Don't assume, that even if you get a part from the dealer, it's not counterfeit.