BMW "Official" Servicing / Warranty

[fezza]

Morning All,

 

A few days ago I bought a '21 BMW X1.  Great little car.  I have a question about servicing (maybe someone knows?) 

 

The car comes with a 5 year BMW warranty and I'd like to keep it.  In the UK you don't have to have the car serviced by a BMW authorised garage to keep this, as long as OEM parts are installed, the manufacturer warranty is maintained.

The issue I have here is the nearest dealer is a four hour drive and their ratings on google are terrible.  My friend is an ex-bmw service tech and can order all the OEM parts and do the service for me.  I trust this guy to do a good job.

I'm hoping the same conditions as the UK for servicing apply here.  Does anyone know?  I did write to BMW Thailand but heard nothing back.

TIA,
Fezza

[DaRoadrunner]

How are BMW going to know if your friend did the job? The only possible problem is if regular servicing must be maintained with their stamp in the service book in order to keep the warranty valid. But this is Thailand, many cars have no service book anyway as they have been clocked.

[fezza]

4 hours ago, DaRoadrunner said:

How are BMW going to know if your friend did the job? The only possible problem is if regular servicing must be maintained with their stamp in the service book in order to keep the warranty valid. But this is Thailand, many cars have no service book anyway as they have been clocked.

Servicing is stored on the car computer itself, with the registered BMW dealers code next to each service in the computer.  There's no more stamp in a service book on modern cars.

[DaRoadrunner]

15 hours ago, fezza said:

Servicing is stored on the car computer itself, with the registered BMW dealers code next to each service in the computer.  There's no more stamp in a service book on modern cars.

I think you will find that the service records are on the dealer network computer.

[fezza]

38 minutes ago, DaRoadrunner said:

I think you will find that the service records are on the dealer network computer.

Yes, of course.