Re: 2001 530i E39 Repeated Misfire Error Codes - Limp Home

"Floyd Rogers" <fbloogyuds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Scott Dorsey" <kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Floyd Rogers <fbloogyuds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>"mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>> John Carrier wrote:
>>>>> "mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>> Thanks, so very much for your thoughts. I contacted a BMW dealer here
>>>> in Michigan. He informed me that there are no recalls for coils or on
>>>> matters that could relate to misfires. I believe you and not him, so
>>>> I plan to try a different dealer.
>>>
>>>I have a '01 330xi.  Same exact engine you have.  There has *NOT*
>>>been a recall on my car/engine.  If you search the NHTSA database,
>>>you will also note that there have not been ignition coil recalls, for 
>>>your
>>>car or mine.
>>
>> A service bulletin is NOT necessarily a recall.
>
> True.  Mark specifically mentioned "bulletin", but the OP
mis-interpreted
> that to be "recall".  The OP needs to be clear on that; his dealer also
> needs to be clear on what the OP is asking for.
>
> FloydR

My bad for using the word "recall."  There have definitely been service 
bulletins issued for coils.  I've gone through the replacement bit twice.

R / John