BMW lease end wear and tear

Hello folks,

My bmw lease is up and Autovin just did a inspection yesterday.

Got the report today and it blew my mind…




Do bmw follow the condition report and charge everything listed there?

Should I get them fixed myself?

Thanks for any advices.

yes BMW follows the condition report.

You might want to see if a BMW dealer wants to BUY The car (not ground it) and you get off scott free.
Looks like AutoVin let you off easy as all of those would appear in a non BMW inspection.

AutoVins for BMW do a deeper inspection and look at things like rim rash carefully.

so

  • Get it fixed yourself if you can get it for less
  • Pay it and walk away
  • See if a BMW dealer is willing to buy it and you don’t have to pay any of that.
    • This is important as some BMW dealers ground it and you get the charges anyhow.

Thank you so much for the info, very helpful.

I am having a hard time accepting this… All the damage listed look minor to me (except the right rear door).

The AutoVin guy seemed nice and he even said my car is in great condition when he left :smiling_face_with_tear:

I’m sure those guys see some ragged out cars lol

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Window chip (singular) would probably pass, but you have 14? That’s a bit obvious

The only thing I can see is the 0.5" Gouge (as it’s small) but a Gouge would imply you can see bare metal/plastic and Autovin does find those.

I found 4, 5 chips. Do know how he found 14.

5 or 14, it’s the same price.

So head off to a dealer and see what they can do for you.

great point, but how they expect you to return a new car to them after 3 yrs

I’m not sure what you mean on the 2nd part. If you are talking about the issues, that’s why BMW is a little more scrutiny on smaller items than say Kia.

But 14 chips on a windshield? That’s gonna get dinged.

https://www.bmwusa.com/return-vehicle.html#inspection-guidelines

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Thx guys. Heading out to a dealer now…

Out of curiosity, if they list an item as “replace” are you entitled to the old parts?

your auto insurance should pay for a new windshield with those chips with either a small deductible or zero deductible.

Maybe it goes without saying, but when you get quotes from dealers don’t mention anything about the wear and tear or what the Autovin damage report said, etc. Just tell the dealer you’re interested in selling it, let them look at it and give you a quote.

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Good point, let them decide it’s value as they see it.

Is there a threshold insurance companies use before increasing rates? I had a comprehensive claim for about $1800 a few years ago and feel like my rates went up. It was too late at that point to calculate if I would have been better paying by out of pocket.

Yea, if you walk into the dealer and say “I’m close to lease end and the inspection came back with $2400 in damages, I was hoping I could sell it to you guys to cut some of my losses” then don’t be surprised when their buyout offer comes back and is mysteriously $2200 under your payoff.

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On a lease you don’t own the car…BMW does in this case and they dictate how they want it back. You have found one of the downsides to leasing by not taking good care of car.

or any type of transaction and not taking care of the car

Sure but since this is a lease it can’t just be swept under the rug so to say…

Are you getting another BMW? You can call the lease end team once the bill comes out. They may waive all or some of the charges for good will. As someone else mentioned try and see if you have any equity before turing in.