Mark with exotic car play place, but today I really want to get down to some
of the issues, reliability concerns recalls, and overall quality and
construction interpretations, at least from my perspective, now I've had this
car for a short while now I've had it's a bit of an extended run you might say
and I've had a chance to really learn every every little intimate detail about
this car and there's a lot of things I really really love about it a lot as a
matter of fact there's very little to dislike about it it does everything so
very well it's quiet it's composed it's practical its well built and it performs
like a beast it's like an M car really should perform and so this is really a
great car overall but like every great vehicle it doesn't come necessarily
without its flaws so we're gonna talk about the recalls right now that were
consistent recall issue in maybe 2018 and that carry through to 2019 like this
model which is a 2019 model year so we're gonna touch on some of the recall
concerns and then later on I'm gonna touch on a couple of things that we
noted that are consistent failure point on these cars as well as I'll give you
some of my overall you know feeling and belief of the design quality of this car
so let's get rolling so the first thing that I want to note
is the first recall actually has to do with the rear brakes the rear brakes had
an issue where there wasn't enough coating adequate coating in the piston
in the caliper or the brake caliper Pistons at the back end and that would
unfortunately result in some a possibility of a crash because the
brakes would malfunction in the back not giving enough brake function or the
correct brake bias to allow a proper cornering of course a lot of the
traction control systems and the whole driving dynamic gear around every the
assumption that every part of the brakes and drivetrain are functioning
correctly that in itself is a problem now that's the first recall and the
dealers would take that on and repair as needed the second one has to do with the
rear turn signals and what the problem is is the inboard versus the outboard
signals in some cases they were of different colors you have red on one and
amber on the other and they would alternate simultaneously and that was
enough of a signal and often unfortunately other drivers would
recognize that as a little bit of a confusing state it would sometimes
actually believe it or not send other drivers into a crash because the fact
that they weren't necessarily understanding what the car was telling
them when they were trying to make a decision in traffic it created problems
for other drivers that as well is something that the dealer will inspect
for you free of charge the third recall has to do with the lane
assist the lane assist system was a problem in some vehicles not consistent
possibly had to do with sensors in the steering wheel or the way the steering
wheel interpreted the driver gripping a hold if the steering wheel didn't sense
the driver was grabbing this in the wheel or conversely felt that the driver
had the steering wheel they wouldn't actually this the steering wheel
wouldn't decide what was you know on or off it created a little bit of a
miscalculation if you were in the system and that unfortunately would then lead
to it not reacting when it needed to and assuming that you were or were not
holding onto the steering wheel it wouldn't necessarily respond as you
would expect it to and keep you from veering off into the road so again it's
another recall that the dealers will inspect free of charge just to make sure
it's all functioning a hundred percent so the next recall has to do with the
rear spoiler the rear spoiler unfortunately in some situations it
looks like it was something that was possibly quality control issue possibly
in the factory where some of the rear spoilers were known to come off or just
come loose where either some of the fastening hardware was not installed at
all or not adequately and some of the rear spoilers would actually dislodge
possibly falling on the road causing a crash for somebody that's in
behind I guess you know tailgaters beware when you're following one of
these cars and so the last recall has to do with the instrument panel in some
situations and some of the earlier models and I would say 2018 so haven't
heard yet heard if 2019 is impacted by this but time will tell where there was
a software coding issue that some of the illumination on the driver panel would
not illuminate properly and sometimes give mixed readings or signals and
sometimes that has been known to lead to possible driver issues confusion and
possible crashing scenarios so yet another thing that the dealer would take
care of they would upgrade the software and you'd be on your way
so all relatively minor things for the most part the brakes being I would say
largely the biggest issue that you want to have addressed but all these recalls
the dealer would manage for you free of charge
now there's another issue maybe not so much in the x3 because largely these are
automatic the 8-speed automatic transmissions but the b-58 engine that's
also in this particular car when it's shared in for example the 340 cars which
again it's not here it's the b-58 engine specifically there have been scenarios
where there was an issue with the crank bearing guide and there was an issue
where it would prematurely wear out and if it was neglected too long whereas it
wore out the scored the crankshaft or the bearings it would create a now
obviously scenario where it was too far gone and the dealer would look at
replacing an entire engine as a result now that was typically afflicted with
the manual transmission cars because I had to do with the clutch arrangement so
not likely an issue here thought it was worth mentioning because of the b-58
engine that is shared in this car as well thought I would mention it just for
information guys so now let's get down to the nitty-gritty how about the
quality construction overall this car again I've had this vehicle for a period
of time now and I could honestly tell you after driving it in varying
conditions I've had some snow we've had some rain we've had lots of uneven
pavement and some rough roads tried it in some bad driving scenarios even some
really aggressive on ramps where you've had to get off the main road where you
you typically you would see a little bit of chassis twist this car made no muss
no fuss there was no squeaks no rattles you would hope not for a 2019 but
either way I've driven cars that were new other brands that you would you would
hear little pops and cracks and crack creaks even when they were brand new
under certain conditions this one got hammered on some rough
roads and it took it with full composure so I would say structurally and chassis
wise this thing is second to none in terms of overall quality the other thing
of course is the quality of overall materials again everything is nicely put
together seams and gaps fit well the touching the materials inside on the
dials and controls are the high quality you would expect from a BMW or possibly
an Audi high-quality materials through and through the electronics work well
the digital display never had a glitch the iDrive system worked flawlessly as I
would expect but even the hands-free volume adjustment by rotating your hands
either way worked virtually flawlessly at least from the driver's seat
everything else worked really well materials are holding up well and
overall startups are everytime consistent no noises and I would say
largely I would expect a long life of high-quality driving and motoring with
this car so that's all I really had to say about the overall quality fit finish
reliability issues time will tell how the overall reliability looks for these
cars the way things are shaping up it's looking pretty good right now
this new revised engine the b-58 is looking like a sturdy piece it's a new
modular design it's also the same engine that shared the crankcase system a good
part of the major structural component of that engine is shared with the diesel
variants as well which means that it's typically beefed up well BMW
for modular design so you know it's cost savings but the flip side is if it's
built up to diesel standards often it's over engineered for gasoline standards
so I would expect the structural part of this engine is going to survive a long
time that's my first initial interpretation or impression on that so
everybody I hope you enjoyed the video I just wanted to give you a quick
impression on the overall quality control the reliability concerns as well
as some of the recalls that are currently outstanding so thanks again
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exotic car playplace signing out and I hope to see you real soon talk to that
bye bye guys