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      01-01-2013, 01:16 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by inTgr8r View Post
Thanks guys, happy to help.
Next chance I get I'll lift the car & get some measurements for the front plate.

I'm curious if anyone familiar with the E46 rear subframe issues knows the history of when the problems started to show.
E.g. Was it later in the cars history when mileage started to add up?

I'm wondering if BMW learned their lesson on the E46, or is this something that may yet be on the horizon for us?
For the E46 it was mostly the pre-facelift vehicles (1999-2001). It was focus more so towards the sedans IIRC, not the coupes.

AWD E46s were rarely effected, post-facelift models didn't see failure as often as pre-facelifted.


My 02 w/130k miles showed no symptoms of failure (Class action lawsuit was filed for the E46 chassis, free inspection via BMW)

There really is no equation to a subframe failure.
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