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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juan Powerblow" data-source="post: 222175" data-attributes="member: 20">The list of failing parts keep mounting. Last nite, one of my kidney grills dropped off. Good thing it was at my car park so I could pick up the part and went over to Stuttgart this morning for a quick fix where I met Energy. Like my earlier gripe on power window regulator, the kidney's metal exterior is held on to the car's body by 6 flimsy plastic clips. On one side, all 6 clips had broken off while the other side 4 out of 6 clips had broken. I've never had a frontal impacts b4 and can only guess it was due to parking outside in the hot sun on some occassions. Energy's E46 325i is a couple of months older but his kidneys were intact. Anyways, Azwan of Stuttgart was kind enough to source 2nd hand but in good order kidneys for me, so 2 sets came out to total RM120-00 which I think is reasonable considering the original is RM250 each! I also had a diagnostic done on my airbag warning light which came on a few days ago. It was discovered that my belt tensioners were faulty. To replace, incl. labour would cost me almost RM1,000. I fainted... I wonder if CKDs got so much more problems than CBU and why these parts are so flimsy for a BMW. Didn't know they're outsourcing the manufacture of these parts in Rep. of Congo or Bangladesh!</blockquote>