I've not had the best 7/8 months with cars. Early this year I had to pay a tonne of money to get my BMW 320cd serviced (120,000 miles), and it had a big list of advisories, including the glow plugs ...

BMW is a German automaker responsible for crafting some of the most dynamic and internationally revered sports and performance cars the world has ever seen. Grab a handful of gearheads and ask them ...

BMW's travails with its N47 diesel engine failures, which had been thought sorted and finished with, are coming back to haunt the German carmaker. One Irish solicitor has told The Irish Times that he ...

I've read all about the dreaded timing chain failure on 320d/520d BMWs with N47 engines manufactured between 2007 and 2011. I wanted to know if models after March 2011 (when they supposedly changed ...

Passenger cars with diesel engines never really took off in North America. Low gas prices certainly played a big role in that reality, but VW's infamous dieselgate scandal was the final nail in the ...

When should the timing belt on a 2015 BMW 320d with 77,000 miles on the clock have the tensioner checked annually and adjusted?

BMW Ireland has been ordered to hand over evidence in the first batch of civil actions taken by motorists suing over an alleged serious design fault in a range of their cars with N47 engines. John ...

I purchased a 2010 BMW 320D for my wife in January, but just six months later, in July, the timing chain snapped causing catastrophic engine damage, not to mention the dangerous sudden stop on the ...

BMW has settled a civil action in a batch of cases brought over a design fault in a range of their cars. BMW Automotive (Ireland) Ltd had been ordered to hand over evidence by Dublin District Court in ...

Wait, is the N47 an interference engine? Some reports say it is not, and some say it is because if it is then, yes, the timing chain failing comes with the bonus 'blow up your engine' feature on ...