2013 X3 has 75000 miles of careful driving and already has problems with the valtronic motor and vacuum pump. Can someone recommend decent mechanic near Milwaukee or Chicago who can replace these parts for me? Dealer is asking for $ 2000 or so.

The car has been conservatively driven, garage kept and well maintained. The car has been idle the whole winter as we were out of town for the winter. The battery was definitely near discharge but it did start. Could it be the low battery that is resulting in these false codes for the valtronic motor?

I wrote to BMW asking why these parts should fail? are they just substandard or is it due to some driving fault. No explanation from the arrogant company or its dealers. They simply do not know. So much for the ultimate driving experience.

Please help. Thanks

Biran