Originally Posted by 98BimmerCompact

But BMW should be more aware of what they're putting in their cars. If I had BMW's rep I'd be damn sure that everything that wasn't designed and made in-house was perfect, or at least up to par with BMW standards, 6 fuel pump failures in 3 years is unacceptable even for a German car.

Originally Posted by marlinspike

Yeah but they have control over the specs and quality control. MB started to throw their weight around, which is why the MB branded fuel injectors are now good and why the MB branded Bosch spark plug wires are much better than the Bosch branded spark plug wires.