10-30-2019, 08:43 AM | #1 |
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backed up too much ruined the rear
So today at work I backed up too much and didn't see the stupid pipe sticking out in camera so it shattered my rear glass and put a big dent in trunk lid. I know a great body shop that I have been taking all my cars to for repairs but my question is given the situation with G05 parts and it being rather new, is it better to take it to my BMW dealer? I just dont trust their body work as they will send it to some other bodyshop anyway. What are your thoughts?
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10-30-2019, 08:50 AM | #2 | |
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This may not be related, but I used to drive an Acura TSX and someone ran into my rear quarter panel when it had less than 20k miles. No body shop would touch it, they all said that since the car was so new, insurance would pay for a replacement panel instead of repairing the panel, and in that case it would be best just to go through the dealer. Which is what I ended up doing. |
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10-30-2019, 09:05 AM | #5 |
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ah fuk!!! sorry to hear! really sucks that it happened let alone a new car! agree with VTENGR, try getting someone to pop it out or dealership would be where i would go.
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10-30-2019, 09:08 AM | #6 |
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haha yea it was definitely my fault I tend to get closer to rear when I park like this but wasn't expecting those stupid pipes
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10-30-2019, 09:57 AM | #7 |
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It looks like the backup camera is situated just low enough to where you wouldn't have been able to see the pipe in the backup camera image.
Same thing happened to me a few months ago as I was backing into my garage. The finicky garage door had stopped halfway down, but just high enough so it wouldn't appear in the backup camera image. The garage door took most of the damage, but I scuffed up the rear spoiler. Can't believe my window didn't blow out like yours : |
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10-30-2019, 10:06 AM | #9 |
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That sucks that our car doesn't have rear brake intervention in US and Canada like what others have in Europe.
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10-30-2019, 10:09 AM | #11 |
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Not sure how the break intervention would of helped in this case. He ran into a pipe protruding from the wall at about 4 feet up. That would be difficult for the car's sensors to detect.
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10-30-2019, 10:22 AM | #13 |
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It would have slammed on the brakes within his margin of hitting the pipe. I have experimented with this on my last cars. 12” seems to be where it will stop the vehicle on its own. Looking at the pipe on the wall, it would have stopped him at least 4” from the pipe touching the rear door.
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10-30-2019, 10:35 AM | #15 |
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BMW has absolutely sidestepped this safety omission of “slow speed brake intervention”. What I felt would happen is if enough of these incidents started popping up on insurance claims, insurance companies would look at BMW and perhaps hold them accountable. I believe the Insurance Institute Testing showed the new X5 having this. A nice lawsuit and public image scare would be the only motivation BMW understands with protecting their reputation.
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The problem is that this feature is shown working and included on all new G05 2019 X5 models in the Insurance Institute Safety test. This is how the X5 received a five star rating. BMW either knowingly sent the Institute a rigged vehicle to pass the test or BMW purposely won’t address this issue and is quietly hoping to implement it in a firmware fix. This is where BMW is one tragic incident away from a public image nightmare. We all agree the driver is ultimately responsible but you can’t falsely claim safety features in a vehicle that are not there or do not work. Last edited by MystroX5; 10-30-2019 at 10:52 AM.. |
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10-30-2019, 05:11 PM | #19 |
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Looking at this picture, your bumper sticks out further than the distance between the window glass and the pipe, so your bumper should have hit the wall before the pipe would have hit the glass. Was it the valve handle that hit the glass?
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10-30-2019, 05:22 PM | #20 |
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I don't think anything hit the glass. I think the glass shattered under compression pressure from the hatch door impact.
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10-30-2019, 06:12 PM | #21 |
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Bumper is pristine without problem. The valve hit the trunk lid which caused pressure and popped the glass. It's at repair shop now they'll replace that panel and glass
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