subject: Bmw Servicing Keeping Cars Reliable And Running [print this page] What is the most reliable car on the market today? Latest reports show that it is the Subaru, which is followed closely in second by the BMW. I decided to take a closer look at why these cars are so reliable to try to understand what other car manufacturers could do to close the gap and the answer was strangely obvious, BMW servicing.
All cars need regularly servicing and maintenance, but the problem that BMW servicing has addressed is the lazy and bone idol approach taken by individuals who can't be bothered to service their cars at regular intervals. As I mentioned before all cars need servicing, just like we all need to exercise and stay healthy, but how many of us do exercise? Probably very few of us exercise as much as we should.
BMW have managed to cleverly analyse the characteristic of humans and put a system in place where the car instructs the user when to visit the showroom for its next round of BMW servicing and it is this system that inadvertently has had a positive effect on the reliability of BMW vehicles.
All BMW cars are fitted with a unique metre which slowly counts down to the next service; this usually is displayed by a series of lights on the display upon start-up. There are normally two green lights, five amber lights and 2 red lights. When the green and amber lights have disappeared then the car will indicate what type of BMW servicing is required. This could range from a simple oil service to the more explorative inspection 1 or inspection 2 services.
Since its induction into the company's range of cars many other manufacturers have attempted to follow the great example displayed by the German manufacturer. Mercedes, Toyota and a host of others have all implemented systems that instruct the user when the car needs to be taken to the dealership. However, none of these systems are as effective as BMW servicing.
The car giant took a huge risk when implementing the system on to its cars and came in for a degree of criticism from certain areas of the media. However, years on it is now one of the most respected systems on the market. It is also like a little game for the owners every time they turn their cars on, are all the lights still on or is the car getting ever closer to the inevitable service.
