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From dale_at_unofficialbmw.com Sun Jan 10 05:48:02 1999
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:48:01 -0800
From: Dale Beuning <dale_at_unofficialbmw.com>
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:48:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: E-36 Fog Lamps
To: kchildre_at_mindspring.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:48:00 -0800 (PST)
Cc: dale_at_unofficialbmw.com ()
Hi Kelly,
My experience is that the dealer will sometimes replace it under
warentee. They call it the pencil test, if you can fit a pencil tip
into the crack, it's caused by a stone from the road, owner pays.
If you can't fit the pencil tip in, it's a thermal crack and BMW pays.
Dale
> Dale,
> I have a '95 325i w/ sport package. I purchased the vehicle with =
> 10,000 miles left on the 50k warantee. A couple of weeks later I =
> noticed one of the fog lamp lenses had cracked. Talking with the dealer =
> he explained that fog lamp replacement is not covered under warantee, =
> however reading your web page... one of the readers stated that the =
> lense cracking is a design defect and he had it replaced under warantee. =
> I would like to know what your experience is to see if I should make a =
> hard stance with the dealer the replace the cracked lense under =
> warantee, or not. Appreciate the advice, and love the web site... Keep =
> it up!
>
> -Kelly
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