2nd/3rd Owner Battery Capacity Warranty

[ted99]

Will the 8 year Battery Capacity Warranty apply to subsequent owners? Do second/third buyers "register" their ownership with BMW?

 

[i3Houston]

Yes, battery warranty or 4/years,50K miles manufacturer warranty ports forward to the new owner or in other words, stays with the car, regardless who the owner is.

 

[jadnashuanh]

fwiw, BMW made a policy change a couple of years ago, and I'd double-check about the warranty extending to subsequent users. I haven't read the thing for a long time. WHen sold by a BMW dealer, they can extend it. IOW, read the fine print.

 

[gt1]

Isn't the warranty duration federally mandated and thus fully transferable?

 

[jadnashuanh]

The contract is between BMW and the original purchaser. After that, it depends on what the contract says. Talk to the dealer to be sure what will happen.

 

[i3Houston]

The dealer actually told me that bumper to bumper warranty stays with the car for 4 years and 50K miles.

 

[CharonPDX]

The warranty book I got (sorry, can't find it quickly on my phone,) says that the warranty transfers only if it is either a BMW Certified Preowned subsequent purchaser or if the sale is private-party-to-private-party. So if the car got traded in at a non-BMW dealer, the long warranty stops. But if you're a private buyer buying it from a private seller who was the original purchaser, the warranty transfers.

It also seems to me that the wording would be valid for subsequent private-to-private sales. So second owner to third owner, as long as the first-to-second was also a private party sale.