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03-17-2012, 08:15 PM | #1 |
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Z4 explodes on freeway sending schrapnel flying into cabin
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Yes. It was my Z4. No. Its not as bad as it sounds. Photos below. Had the top down. Just hit 100kph on the free way and heard a crack sound and something hit my passengers shoulder. Looking around the cabin, we found a piece of schrapnel. It looked like BMW plastic, so we exitted and checked over the car. Found a hole in the rear bulkhead, that matched the schrapnle perfectly. Its a clean and new break. Buggered if I can figure out how and why this piece would suddenly explode and go flying up and then hit my passenger. The hole is on the drivers side exterior - next to the big speaker cover and just below the rear deck lid level. It flew up - must have been caught in the airflow, and flew back down onto my passenger's arm. Will be sitting on the door of the dealer Monday to try and get an explanation!
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News flash....Al Qaeda takes responsibility for stealth BMW Z4 attack. Aussies fear the worst is yet to come.
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That's not good, glad no serious injury!
I wonder if that piece of plastic is under stress or not to begin with. As said above a small object / rock might have hit that and caused it to break off. It is suprising what flying debris can do...in my Lotus Elise I remember I was often concerned about small stones hitting the rear glass with the top down as that could shatter it, sending pieces flying into the cabin (more common than you imagine). The glass was a stressed piece, I think, and some owners eventually replaced them with perspex. Sometimes I would find small stones rolling around the rear parcel shelf! |
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I hit a pot hole at 100kph , a small rubber o-ring dropped from somewhere near sun visor.
Don't know where that was from, car still intact, no abnormal noise from that area
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Ditto on other posts... I'm glad no one was hurt and I'd sure like to know what the response is from BMW.
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Had you just watched the F1 race and were trying to emulate the front straight - tough race for Mark, but best finish yet in Oz. Looks like your hydraulics done blowed up, from the oil stain. Have you tried to put up the top?
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The top still works fine. No error codes. The piece of plastic was not under stress (or normally isn't - the other side isn't) There is no other damage (impact mark or otherwise) on the bit that broke off, so it doesn't look like anything hit it. The wet mark is apparently the lubricant they have been applying to stop my rattles and squeaks (most of mine come from the area of the broken trim). My seat is always way back (almost touching - I am careful not to make the seat and trim rub to protect the leather and not be a cause of squeaks). So it would have been almost impossible for anything to hit the spot as it is protected by the seat. The windows were up anyway when it happened - making it even harder for any projectile to reach the spot. There was no hostage in my boot at the time who was trying to fight their way out. Dealer is mystified and will be ordering a new trim piece. We will be going in for a more detailed examination soon (pulling it apart to see if anything from behind caused it)
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man I know what you mean, I am really careful about this too, but my wife always insists on pushing the seat back through the boot. There are big rub marks on the back of the seats as a reasult, and the squeak always bugs me when I first get in and have to adjust (mostly on the passenger side - no memory seat function there).
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I'm thinking more that a rock kicked up from a tire and sheered the piece off.
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