Chief F1 Fan

I have now replaced 2 wheels on my 06 due to cracking. I don't abuse the car or drive on terribly rough roads. I replaced both OEM wheels with same and still (rears) over time they cracked. Anyone else having this problem? It this style as pictured

Lotus99

Have you done a search for this issue? I thought I had read a bunch of people in the UK had this issue, and there was a recall/class action/something done about it.

AJH

Mixture of the camber of the wheels causing the inner rim to crack, the use of run flat tyres that have a much stiffer side wall and generally a crap design.
There is a TV program called watchdog over here (UK) where the issue was brought up. Don't know if there have been any recalls etc.

v_therussian

Yep, this is a common issue. Get quality aftermarket wheels, Non-RFT tires and a spare (if you don't have one) - and it will all go away

Lotus99

Hmmm... this article refers to the 19 inch wheels as being problematic. The ones in the pic of the video though, are those 19's? They look like the 18 inch M wheels my car has! (I can't watch the vid from Canada)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/...oy_wheels.html

colb666

It's very common with all sorts of Bmw wheels to crack,it's not just the 19" versions.I've had a few 18" style 124's crack but,only rears.
In the UK Bmw denied that they had a problem with their wheels and didn't replace them under warranty but,what they did when my wifes E93 had both rears cracked was give us a goodwill payment equal to the cost of the new rims we had to buy.

Lotus99

Hmmm... I've got the 18" style 135's, and I was lucky I guess. On the highway, I hit these mini bumps one day, so hard that the RFT's on my pass front and rear developed bulges, but the wheels themselves are ok as per the shop. The front one did have a very light dent in it they said, but not enough to warrant a repair.