Straight answers about your BMW

The short answer is no — UK law protects your right to choose. Here's exactly what the rules say, what BMW's own small print says, and what has to be true for your warranty to stay watertight.

Your BMW doesn't have one service light — it has a service list. How CBS decides what's due, which parts of it to trust, and where a specialist's judgement still beats the computer.

The warning nobody wants to see — and the one with the most possible causes. What your BMW is actually telling you, when it's safe to keep driving, and how it gets diagnosed properly.

The N47 diesel's timing chain is the most talked-about BMW issue of its era. Here's which cars are affected, what the rattle sounds like, and why catching it early changes everything.

Hundreds of thousands of UK BMW diesels have been recalled over leaking EGR coolers. What the fault is, how to check your car in two minutes, and what we look for at service time.

No oil, no spark plugs — so what does an i3, i4 or iX actually need? What BMW's own schedule includes for electric cars, and the jobs that matter more on an EV, not less.

Most BMWs leave the factory on run-flats — and whether to stay with them is the question we're asked most at tyre time. The honest pros, cons and practicalities of switching.