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> Another friend has a BMW that will literally refuse to drive if he doesn’t have it serviced at the specified intervals at the dealer. On one hand this is a g

> Another friend has a BMW that will literally refuse to drive if he doesn’t have it serviced at the specified intervals at the dealer. On one hand this is a great solution to people ruining lease vehicles by not using the free maintenance they include... But I'd love to know what model is doing this, sounds kind of absurd. The furthest I've seen them go is letting the dealer know your service interval is coming so they can call you and schedule an appointment, but you can turn that off, and their intervals are extremely long (like 15k, almost triple what one would expect for most of their engines)

bronco21016 6y ago
2021 BMW 330. It is under lease and that is the idea but my understanding is that it continues even if or after the vehicle is purchased outright.
- taepper 6y ago
  How did you come to that conclusion?
  - bronco21016 6y ago
    This is what I was told by the friend who drives it. He could be wrong. I didn’t research it on my own.
- hazmazlaz 6y ago
  I own a used BMW that was previously a leased vehicle and I can confirm from direct experience that I was able to ignore the scheduled service notification and continue happily driving for thousands of miles with no issues. The car did nag me with a notification every time I started it up until I eventually brought it in, but I was fine with that.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  It definitely won't by default, after the lease most Connected Drive features are disabled pending reactivation by the next owner I still feel like something is missing though. The truth is BMW stretches their service interval insanely long because they're giving "free" maintenance with leases So if you drive any significant amount of time longer after the interval, there's a real chance of damaging the engine But the liability issues of disabling a car remotely outside of asset recovery seem like something BMW would not want to mess with Maybe it was an initial service? Some engines require an initial service immediately after break-in or suffer catastrophic damage, I could maybe see an exception in that case Edit: I did find someone saying if you go 5k over the service limit, the car will not start immediately, flashing Service Required, but still allow starting normally from there No one should be going 5k over a 15k interval when maintenance is free

bronco21016 6y ago

2021 BMW 330. It is under lease and that is the idea but my understanding is that it continues even if or after the vehicle is purchased outright.

taepper 6y ago
How did you come to that conclusion?
- bronco21016 6y ago
  This is what I was told by the friend who drives it. He could be wrong. I didn’t research it on my own.
hazmazlaz 6y ago
I own a used BMW that was previously a leased vehicle and I can confirm from direct experience that I was able to ignore the scheduled service notification and continue happily driving for thousands of miles with no issues. The car did nag me with a notification every time I started it up until I eventually brought it in, but I was fine with that.
BoorishBears 6y ago
It definitely won't by default, after the lease most Connected Drive features are disabled pending reactivation by the next owner I still feel like something is missing though. The truth is BMW stretches their service interval insanely long because they're giving "free" maintenance with leases So if you drive any significant amount of time longer after the interval, there's a real chance of damaging the engine But the liability issues of disabling a car remotely outside of asset recovery seem like something BMW would not want to mess with Maybe it was an initial service? Some engines require an initial service immediately after break-in or suffer catastrophic damage, I could maybe see an exception in that case Edit: I did find someone saying if you go 5k over the service limit, the car will not start immediately, flashing Service Required, but still allow starting normally from there No one should be going 5k over a 15k interval when maintenance is free