Question regarding dealer

nycplumber · 01-20-2017, 07:13 PM

I'm taking My car (under warranty) to the dealer tomorrow for an oil change and to address a leaky valve cover gasket and transmission. My left paddle-shifter has been intermittently working and I'm going to ask for them to fix it. The problem is that I have the pedal haus paddles and I'm wondering if they will refuse to fix it under warranty if I installed aftermarket ones. I have the OEM paddles and I'm considering switching them out before taking the car in. Thanks.

monterey · 01-20-2017, 07:54 PM

Take it out before bringing it in. They will use every excuse to not warranty a defect for sure.

nycplumber · 01-20-2017, 07:58 PM

That's what I figured. Appreciate the feedback

BimmerRookie · 01-21-2017, 10:46 AM

Regarding your paddle, have you tried switching them back to normal and trying to see if the paddle functions properly? I know it does the same thing and its just a piece, but just check.

monterey · 01-21-2017, 11:54 AM

It will probably come as one unit anyway so they would probably just throw away your paddles if you left them on lol.

nycplumber · 02-02-2017, 02:54 PM

Sorry for the late reply I figure this can help the next guy. I did switch the old paddles back in and the same problem occurred. It seems as though the copper that makes contact to create the electrical current gets worn down after a while. Comparing the working one with the broken unit you could see a big difference in one that was copper covered and another that was silver( the bad one). It's gonna take them 8 days because "they are getting the paddles from Germany" but that will resolve my issue.

young dude · 02-02-2017, 03:07 PM

What's not working? My left paddle sometimes will not shift down to 1 on first click. Sometimes I'll have to click twice from 2 to get to 1. It's only very rarely, but I figured it's part of some built - in protection feature. Is that your issue too?

Please let me know. I'm still under warranty as well, and would love to get it "fixed" if that's the issue.

01-20-2017, 07:13 PM	#1
nycplumber Major 689 Rep 1,234 Posts Drives: slow Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: nyc iTrader: (0)	Question regarding dealer I'm taking My car (under warranty) to the dealer tomorrow for an oil change and to address a leaky valve cover gasket and transmission. My left paddle-shifter has been intermittently working and I'm going to ask for them to fix it. The problem is that I have the pedal haus paddles and I'm wondering if they will refuse to fix it under warranty if I installed aftermarket ones. I have the OEM paddles and I'm considering switching them out before taking the car in. Thanks.
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01-20-2017, 07:54 PM	#2
monterey Major 340 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	Take it out before bringing it in. They will use every excuse to not warranty a defect for sure.
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nycplumber Major 689 Rep 1,234 Posts Drives: slow Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: nyc iTrader: (0)	That's what I figured. Appreciate the feedback
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01-21-2017, 10:46 AM	#4
BimmerRookie Major 471 Rep 1,320 Posts Drives: E93 Cavalier Z24 M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Regarding your paddle, have you tried switching them back to normal and trying to see if the paddle functions properly? I know it does the same thing and its just a piece, but just check.
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01-21-2017, 11:54 AM	#5
monterey Major 340 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	It will probably come as one unit anyway so they would probably just throw away your paddles if you left them on lol.
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02-02-2017, 02:54 PM	#6
nycplumber Major 689 Rep 1,234 Posts Drives: slow Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: nyc iTrader: (0)	Sorry for the late reply I figure this can help the next guy. I did switch the old paddles back in and the same problem occurred. It seems as though the copper that makes contact to create the electrical current gets worn down after a while. Comparing the working one with the broken unit you could see a big difference in one that was copper covered and another that was silver( the bad one). It's gonna take them 8 days because "they are getting the paddles from Germany" but that will resolve my issue.
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02-02-2017, 03:07 PM	#7
young dude Private First Class 42 Rep 181 Posts Drives: 2013 E92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Chicago iTrader: (1)	What's not working? My left paddle sometimes will not shift down to 1 on first click. Sometimes I'll have to click twice from 2 to get to 1. It's only very rarely, but I figured it's part of some built - in protection feature. Is that your issue too? Please let me know. I'm still under warranty as well, and would love to get it "fixed" if that's the issue.
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