An unfortunate fellow posted this on Facebook recently about his corrosion woes:
I saw the pictures, the corrosion was shocking. Equally shocking to me was the attitude of BMW. I’m making no judgement on the cause of the corrosion but IF it was shoddy plating on the parts and the same thing happens to my new bike, then BMW have given themselves a free get-out-of-jail card – any paint peeling/bubbling, rust or corrosion anywhere on the bike and it’s automatically your fault because “you’ve used the wrong cleaning products”! WTF are the “right” ones and how the hell do they know what he used?
Talk about sharp practice – I’d expect that kind of shit from some dodgy back-street used car dealer but BMW?… Really?… On an £18K bike that’s barely been round the block?
“…Noticed corrosion on some nuts, bolts and brake lines on my Feb 2019 r1250 gs adventure with [only] 700 miles on the clock. Sent pictures to dealer who sent off to bmw via the PuMA process. Got a response back saying it must be due to me using wrong cleaning products therefore not covered, case closed, no recourse! I have not used any products, just rinsed off with hose. Really shocked by bmw response re a 6 month old bike. Going back to dealer, coopers motorrad in tonbridge, see if they can raise case again.”
I saw the pictures, the corrosion was shocking. Equally shocking to me was the attitude of BMW. I’m making no judgement on the cause of the corrosion but IF it was shoddy plating on the parts and the same thing happens to my new bike, then BMW have given themselves a free get-out-of-jail card – any paint peeling/bubbling, rust or corrosion anywhere on the bike and it’s automatically your fault because “you’ve used the wrong cleaning products”! WTF are the “right” ones and how the hell do they know what he used?
Talk about sharp practice – I’d expect that kind of shit from some dodgy back-street used car dealer but BMW?… Really?… On an £18K bike that’s barely been round the block?