[Bmwny2015]

When I purchased my car a month ago, I noticed a chip on the sharp antenna fin so I told my ca and he ordered one and it just came in last week because the f30 is so new and the part came from Germany, so I washed my car yesterday and this morning when I opened the sun roof and drove it water came inside my car not from the sunroof but in the back where the shark fin is located on the roof, so the seats n everything got wet, I'm so pissed I called my dealership and they said bring it in to service Tom. What should I do, have them replace the interior trim of the car since it has water damage now?

[bmbarclay]

Never miss out on an opportunity to get free stuff if they offer! See what they say about your interior and go from there. Did it do a lot of damage? Pic?

[bcl0328]

might as well try.

[Elk]

The interior trim is actually damaged, not just spotted, from a little water? If so this is disturbing as the interior should not be this fragile.

[Bmwny2015]

Yea it is damaged, I'm so pissed, my dealership is owned by one guy so I'm going to call him. And their service center sucks ass they asked me to wash my car n they just slashed some water on the car n that's what they called a car wash. Dont ever go to habberstad BMW in long island they are the worst

[E90Fleet]

Strange.
Its such easy install.
They just had to clean the area and then press on the new one

[Bmwny2015]

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

Strange.
Its such easy install.
They just had to clean the area and then press on the new one

Yea maby they didnt install the rubber piece or didn't use enough silicone glue

[E90Fleet]

You can seee how the factory fits it here from 1:25

[bmbarclay]

or maybe they are idiots.

[Micleg]

But how could possibly some water coming thru that little hole, missing a gasket, ruin the interior? I would say the interior, even when not leather, can stand most kinds of fluids.

[bmbarclay]

what color is the interior? is it a lighter color?

[Bmwny2015]

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

You can seee how the factory fits it here from 1:25

Yea I guess they forgot to drill a hole like the ones on 1:40. Thanks for your help but it just upset me, paying so much for a car and water is getting in the interior.

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by Ahmadhosmanbmw335i

Yea maby they didnt install the rubber piece or didn't use enough silicone glue

No Silicone.
It uses window cement

[Bmwny2015]

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

No Silicone.
It has a type of double sided tape

Oh I have the invoice here and it says they used adhesive 1k and the part number is 82 69 9 408 866

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by Ahmadhosmanbmw335i

Oh I have the invoice here and it says they used adhesive 1k and the part number is 82 69 9 408 866

Then id say they ma have used the wrong stuff
Thats the adhesive usually sold to attach things like front splitters or trunk spoilers

[E90Fleet]

This is what they used

Betalink K1

[E90Fleet]

Seems the newer cars call for using Window Adhesive ( used on windshields), not teh tape I mentioned, nor the K1 they used

EDIT: Here is a link you can print and show them if you want. States Window Cement is to be used. http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/s/view.pl?1/10/28/30
Not the K1 they invoiced

[arnsbrae]

Originally Posted by bbarclay410

or maybe they are idiots.

Exactly. The last thing you want is water leaking into your car interior. I'd be pretty miffed with that. Hope it cleans up okay.

[Bmwny2015]

Yea the service center employees there are retarded ima have a talk with Erik habberstad owner of habberstad BMW, thanks for the link ima print it out and show them.

[Elk]

Nice video. I like the machine that puts on the rear window.

The fin should not, of course, leak. I'm surprised that a little water leaking in, once, would cause damage, but the dealer should and probably will cover it.

Good luck.

[Raspartan]

Man, sorry to hear, that's awful. I'm sure they'll try and make it right somehow though.

[Bmwny2015]

The car is in the shop again! They don't know how to fix a leak, it's driving me crazy idk what to do anymore. I just want the new York state lemon law to help me. And if any body has had any similar problems with BMW please let me know how it went and what they did.