Just do a quick search for 'BMW N47 engine problems' to see an even hotter topic! Even 'Watchdog' got involved with this one.Peter.N. wrote:I know there are a lot of 1.6Hdi's out there so that's going to affect the problem numbers but have a look on Honest John's forum under 'Ford Focus TDCI turbo failure' or similar, the last time I looked there were around 250 posts, I have never seen a topic with so much interest. There don't seem to be an abnormal amount of posts on any other engine.
Audis are even worse, with Warranty Direct reporting that the only make to suffer more engine failures than Audi are MG, who don't even exist any more.
By the way Ford, a big user of PSA Hdi motors, still came 7th in the above report, only slightly behind Fiat. Volvo, another big user of PSA Hdi motors was 4th...