ProblemChild
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- Jul 4, 2017
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After almost 2 of the 3 year lease my 15 i3 has seen the shop on a regular basis for almost entire time we've had it. About 45 days in we were left stranded on a very cold day in Denver, CO. The REX didn't kick in and there wasn't any place to charge. From that point forward we've had her in service for all kinds of reasons. All of this adds up to around 65 days of verified service per BMW Offical count. Last year we tried a buyback. Unfortunately we weren't successful. Right after that we relized that the amount of service days was reduced to less than 30. To this day we can't get BMW to honor the lost or intentional removed days to our total days in service.
So now here we are again at a crossroads with this car. Do we continue making our lease payments for the last 14 months of the lease, or, do we try to get BMW to do the right thing and just buy back the problem child of a car? I can say this with confidence. I would never ever buy another BMW under any set of circumstances after this very expensive nightmare we've experienced with the i3 over the last 23 months. I can't believe BMW doesn't just do the right thing in this situation. There is a very good reason why there's a lawsuit on the i3 started in 2016. The car should never have been sold to the public until BMW worked out the big problems first. The price of this car was $53,000 in 2015. I think often on what wonderful cars I could have had for that amount of money. BMW North America should be paying us for this car. Nobody that pay over $50k for a car should see the service department for over 60 days in less than 2 years. When buying from BMW I expected more respect. If I wanted to be treated like this I would have bought a Ford. You expect more from BMW. I shouldn't have to kill myself with all the time it takes to receive fair treatment. Two choices. I can hand the car back to the dealership. Or, just suck up the last 14 lease payments to preserve my credit. I'm sure on the final walk around I'll get charged for wear and tear, excess mileage, etc. Insult to injury....
So now here we are again at a crossroads with this car. Do we continue making our lease payments for the last 14 months of the lease, or, do we try to get BMW to do the right thing and just buy back the problem child of a car? I can say this with confidence. I would never ever buy another BMW under any set of circumstances after this very expensive nightmare we've experienced with the i3 over the last 23 months. I can't believe BMW doesn't just do the right thing in this situation. There is a very good reason why there's a lawsuit on the i3 started in 2016. The car should never have been sold to the public until BMW worked out the big problems first. The price of this car was $53,000 in 2015. I think often on what wonderful cars I could have had for that amount of money. BMW North America should be paying us for this car. Nobody that pay over $50k for a car should see the service department for over 60 days in less than 2 years. When buying from BMW I expected more respect. If I wanted to be treated like this I would have bought a Ford. You expect more from BMW. I shouldn't have to kill myself with all the time it takes to receive fair treatment. Two choices. I can hand the car back to the dealership. Or, just suck up the last 14 lease payments to preserve my credit. I'm sure on the final walk around I'll get charged for wear and tear, excess mileage, etc. Insult to injury....
