Has anyone purchased a wishbone bush bracket from Euro car parts and it has failed. I purchased this part from them in November 2009, had it fitted in March 2010 and in May 2010 it sheared in half on the Motorway. with catastrophic events. I gave them the remaining part to send off for testing, and guess what they have not only lost the part, but they have lost all trace-ability of it too, including the paperwork. I am taking them to court, but the onus is on me to prove it failed. Please ask everyone you know, please share if you can, ECP informed me that it had happened to others, they deny this now of course, but I need to find the others who this happened to. My car was a BMW convertable 2004 318ci series with M sports kit on it.

Welcome to the forum – an interesting first post.

http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f18/wishbone-bush-bracket-sheered-half-t170649/

*reported*

Also reported- I guess you were quicker on the trigger 🙂

I appreciate you see this as a valid reason to start an internet campaign against euro car parts, but spamming every non related forum on the internet is just poor form.
reported.

EDIT: Damn too slow! But I’m still gunna report it, you know just cause..

Worst.
Spam.
Ever.

Just for balance I’m reporting Bearnecessities.

This is not spam, you may think it is wrong, but I need to find others that experienced the same, if it was you or your family you would do the same, this is genuine.

Should have bought a decent car. 😀

Should have bought a decent car bike.

Fixed that for you

Why have you posted here though? Have you posted on completeltyunrelatedtoanythingtrackworld as well? Why have you waited 3.5 years to post?

Linda, where do you stand on the 26″, 650b, 29er debate?

Edit: I once bought some windscreen wipers from Eurocarparts, they were ace!

I’m sure you’re sincere but there are better channels to take – Trading Standards or Consumer journalism (Watchdog on the BBC or various other televisions and radio channels) who’ll give the issue the airing it requires and it forces an involvement from your foe. Scattergun postings on random forums is just going to be met with cynicism and – probably before I finish typing this – your post being deleted.

Don’t see a problem…not like you can’t tell what she’s asking from the title; if you haven’t bought from them, move on

Not what I would call spam so don’t see why it needs reporting 😕

Thank you Nuke

I am sorry I have caused a debate, all I am asking is if others have ever had this problem, I am sorry to have caused any of you to be critical I am not creating a debate, I am looking for others who have had the same problem.

Just for balance I’m reporting Bearnecessities.

I’d report myself if I could.

1) may 2010 was a long time ago, why the wait?

2) non-M series with m-series bits on? you well cool.

Paid cheap paid twice

I have had no other choice but to wait, as ECP did not inform me that they had lost everything up until now, they were sorting it out. I am prepared to take criticism, but I will take that chance, I do realise I am posting n forums, but I just hope that someone somewhere will know what I am talking about.

I can solve your problem, I have a spare WSD commuter 😉

spamming every non related forum on the internet is just poor form

I accept that Linda’s applying a bit of a scattergun approach which is a slight nuisance but her OP’s not entirely off the wall for this place. TBF car threads are hardly unknown on the STW Chat forum and STW is not exactly devoid of BMW owners.

I am sorry for being an nuisance, this is not how I want to come across, desperate measures rule over a logical approach, and I am now completely desperate, so apologies to everyone at STW, I am so very sorry for causing this debate and for any unease. I just want to find the others that has been affected.

I am sorry again.

I’d report myself if I could.

E-mail them – I have done this 😳

What was the ‘catastrophic’ event by the way; are we talking injuries?

I am just looking for the others who had the part failed.

Bearnecessities – I am talking more than injuries.

Oh. Very sorry to hear that and my initial interpretation of post. Best of luck in your search.

I am sorry for being an nuisance, this is not how I want to come across, desperate measures rule over a logical approach, and I am now completely desperate, so apologies to everyone at STW, I am so very sorry for causing this debate and for any unease. I just want to find the others that has been affected.

I appreciate that but you can only frustrate yourself if you turn this into a one woman crusade and I expect you’re already amply frustrated. This forum has a large readership but the number of people who have the same model of car as you, will have changed the same part as you, bought from the same source as you and had the same result will be vanishingly small. and in all probability zero.

Focus your attention on the agencies that do this for a living. If theres been more than one failure then more will happen if all those victims tell the right person than if they all try and tell anyone and everyone

not being funny but what was the police response to this?, what did their investigation say about this part, if you have their report surely it would be some evidence???

Hi Linda. Surely your insurance company will be following this up? They will be very keen to recoup any monies they have paid out. They are better placed to pursue the supplier I would have thought.

Cuddy, that’s a colloquialism for horse in the Scottish Borders.

TBF car threads are hardly unknown on the STW Chat forum.

This, and shame on those on here who have ‘reported’ this thread.

Best of luck Linda.

lindacuddy – Member

Bearnecessities – I am talking more than injuries.

bit confused by this: “I brought it to a halt on the hard shoulder”

Thank you everyone 😥

I think it’s maybe the topic title that folks took offence to. Maybe “please help me to trace…” would have met with a better response?

bearnecessities it was the aftermath

Edit: Confused.

I’m also confused. Worse tha injuries = fatalities IMO, but sounds like you avoided a potentially nasty situation!?

Firstly, I am glad you where not seriously injured.

If this is genuine why didn’t you create an account profile with you’re name and email address ?

You can find out if this has happened before by getting pre-trial disclosure from ECP – your lawyer can tell you this and I would be surprised if they hadn’t done so already.

You will be much better served by;
Posting on specialist car forums
Contacting consumer groups, like Which ?
Contacting the AA/RAC assuming you are a member – they have dedicated legal team able to offer advice.
Contacting specialist lawyers to see if they have had other similar cases brought to their attention.

To be honest sending off the original part and doing so without having it tested first yourself is a bit naive. I assume you are after substantial damages from ECP, so there are high stakes here.

Taking them to court is going to cost you many £10,000’s

Finally this is why genuine manufacturer car parts are more expensive and a quality car like a BMW costs more in the first place.

I assume you are after substantial damages from ECP, so there are high stakes here.

especially considering there was no accident and no injuries.

Linda, at the end of the day what are you hoping to get out of this? Money? An apology?

In reply to the OP…
YES!
This exact thing happened to me.
Unfortunately I died and am now posting as a ghost.

HTH

DrP

jambalaya
Finally this is why genuine manufacturer car parts are more expensive and a quality car like a BMW costs more in the first place.

Indeed. The millions of miles of test, development and validation we carry out on vehicles is designed to prevent exactly this sort of thing from occuring. Unfortunately this costs money, and the OEM parts WILL be more expensive than aftermarket parts which have no, or very basic validation / certification testing on them.