# BMW E46 Subframe recall and repair - Mine was affected. Is yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 13, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490 "2010-09-13T18:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/21 "2010-09-13T20:13:40Z")
better than any mustang I’ve been in. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/22 "2010-09-13T20:15:11Z")
MY SUBFRAME \> YOUR INTERIOR. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/23 "2010-09-13T20:16:55Z")
:lol ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/24 "2010-09-13T20:23:13Z")
**[http://z0r.de/698](http://z0r.de/698)** ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/25 "2010-09-14T00:32:45Z")
Hoping someone hits my bimmer really bad fuck this thing :lol ---
**Author:** ![GearheadNY.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GearheadNY.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GearheadNY.com)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/26 "2010-09-14T05:40:26Z")
Nope, not every car was affected and as you can see it wasn’t too highly publicized or uncommon based on what happened to the E36, lol. My car is fantastic (with the exception of this) and has been good to me thus far! ---
**Author:** ![kdubbz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kdubbz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kdubbz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/27 "2010-09-14T15:53:24Z")
My brothers 2000 323i had the same thing happen. Keeler fixed it for free, but it took a few months as I think they had to make the parts in germany. ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/28 "2010-09-14T18:35:05Z")
jay do you know if the 2008’s were effected at all? ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/29 "2010-09-14T19:04:57Z")
> [@How to untangle your head phones](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-untangle-your-head-phones/35030/14): > > jay do you know if the 2008’s were effected at all? don’t think so, it’s just oil sludge building up on the intake ports you guys have to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![tougethisDB1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tougethisdb1/32/6358_2.png) [@tougethisDB1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tougethisDB1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/30 "2010-09-14T22:01:01Z")
> [@How to untangle your head phones](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-untangle-your-head-phones/35030/14): > > jay do you know if the 2008’s were effected at all? i’ve heard rumor of spontaneous combustion for specifically 2008 models, what color? and trim level? ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/31 "2010-09-14T22:27:42Z")
> [@engine swap](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-swap/34027/24): > > don’t think so, it’s just oil sludge building up on the intake ports you guys have to worry about. Serious? So the newer they get the worse the problems huh? Time to go 2002 shopping!! ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/32 "2010-09-15T04:07:59Z")
They’re direct injection, it’s inherent, no fuel washing over intake ports to ‘clean’ them= sludge on intake ports. ---
**Author:** ![Neo187H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/33 "2010-09-15T13:17:27Z")
Isn’t this a pretty common issue with the E46s? I always thought BMW had been covering them for free whenever it came up. It seems theres usually at least one E46 a month at the Keeler body shop with no rear suspension/subfrme in it waiting on repairs. ---
**Author:** ![GearheadNY.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GearheadNY.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GearheadNY.com)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490/34 "2010-09-15T17:14:09Z")
Yeah they’ve been covering this for a year since the class action suit went through. DJ - The 2008s and etc. are only prone to the aforementioned and some of them are having cylinder head problems. One of my customers had some issue with the head on his and they wound up replacing the whole head under warranty. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-e46-subframe-recall-and-repair-mine-was-affected-is-yours/254490.md?page=1)