Are BMW's Reliable?

Are BMW's really that unreliable? Or does the internet tell us BMW's are unreliable? I've owned 7 BMW's over the last 3 years, and friends have owned multiple more BMW's. We haven't had any significant problems and I feel that's helped by the fact we've bought the right ones. Today I share with you the do's and don'ts of BMW purchasing. BMW's can be reliable so long as you buy the right one!

Chapters:
0:00 Ultimate Driving Machine
1:48 The Rules
2:14 Rule 1: Inline 4's
3:35 Rule 2: V8's
5:11 So What Should You Buy?
8:51 Maintenance Suggestions

Problems with BMW's can be significant, or they can prove to be fairly reliable. Engines such as the M54, N52, N55, B48 and B58 as discussed in the video are reliable, but engines to avoid are the M62, N62, N63, N20 and N46. Would you buy a BMW?

Thanks for Watching!

[paragon]

Great video that highlights how the market has changed, at least in NZ.
No more cheap Silvia's, Skylines or Supra's etc anymore. The Euro cars have now become more bang for the buck for performance, and usually have nicer interiors as a bonus.

[shadesofbeige]

I sold my E36 with *223, 000 original miles on it. The engine and transmission were fine. There were some issues along the way but the car never left me stranded.

BMW maintenance intervals are not a suggestion. They're a requirement.

Get your PMs done on time.
Use factory parts. (With the exception of wear items)

[thedrvn]

Look at it like this, the Germans engineer to perform reliably with the correctly followed maintenance intervals and believe that people should like them follow the schedules. Toyota believes that people don't follow maintenance schedules and thus engineers vehicles accordingly.

[steves]

Needed some fine print - 'No M140i was filmed in this video' haha.

[jguo]

Owned five BMWs in the last 10 years and they are not any less reliable than other cars I owned. The only issues I had with them were the oil-filled mounts namely the engine mount and differential mount. The diff mount on my M4 leaked at around 60, 000km and cost over $1000 to replace, engine mount on my X2 failed at 90, 000km, cost $1800 to replace. Never had issues with the actual engines.

[Lormane]

Great video mate! Straight to the point 👍🏽🙌🏽

[MrWilliam.Stewart]

The trick to longevity is to replace the spark plugs every second or third rod bearing service.

[Lxzandr]

I've heard the B58 is reliable and makes plenty of power with bolt ons and tune. Be cool to see you review the A90/A91 Toyota Supra. Cheers.

[snggarageeng]

Love the new approach! hope you get all the subscribers in the world

[trustfire]

Step up for the channel, love it. Also the more memes per minute the better.

[lefora]

bro you producing some quality content 👌

[Denzil]

The quality, time and effort you put in, is amazing 😁🙏🏼❤. Now we know which BMW to to stay away from 😆

[spadgm]

Top vid mate, really enjoyed this one!
A manual 130i for 6k! wow, that is a great car for the money, if I was in NZ that is all the car I would ever need!

[lachlanmax]

Great video! Only suggestion for the editing would be to list the cars you're recommending on the screen as well at the end. Can imagine it would be hard for new car enthusiasts to know exactly what cars you are listing off when it's all just letters and numbers together haha.

[campbellsouthan]

I’ve got an M54 5 series and an N55 5 series. Both have needed a few bits and pieces to keep them going. But other than regular servicing and some preventative maintenance, they’ve both been pretty reliable for me.

[AdriWeedMan]

The Achilles' heel of the N52 engine are the DISA valves that can break the engine if they are sucked in when they break.

[kirkclearidge]

4 years owning a 2020 3 series so far the only problem was the airbag recall last year so far the car has been relatively reliable ❤

[OzzieMozzie]

Do you know offhand if any bmw wagons sold in the US are available with any of these engines? Thanks for putting together this list man

[z.clrke]

I find it unbelievable how your channel doesn’t have way more subscribers. Your vids are addictive to watch!! 😮

[junit]

Also working at a workshop, thr number of customers with VWs, Audis, BMWs, Mercs, even toyotas of all sorts who have ZERO history or knowledge of when their trans was serviced if ever, or their dsg fluid changed, or their haldex coupling at 130k still never serviced when it's supposed to be every 60k is ridiculous.