Price Increase for Throttle Body Actuator

[0-60motorsports]

Was not surprised to see a story on Instagram (probably on Rogue Engineering's page offering the TBA rebuild service) about the Throttle Body Actuator 13627840537 price going up to $2000.

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=BL91-EUR-03-2003-E46-BMW-M3&diagId=12_1103

Well, it was absolutely true:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...r/13627840537/ $1,860.88

The Pierburg ones are hard to find now too:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-pierburg-parts/throttle-body-actuator/13627840537~pie/

Schmiedmann Link:

https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/produ...3-62-7-840-537 $1502.30

Very happy I got a brand new BMW one I had saved on my watch list for $210 around two weeks ago.


In the meantime the E9X M TBA's are not bad now compared to the S54 ones:

BMW:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-bmw-parts/throttle-body-actuator-priced-each/13627838085/

OEM VDO:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-vdo-parts/throttle-body-actuator-priced-each/13627838085~vdo/

[BL92]

Did you grab that from Australia eBay for $210 USD ? i messaged the seller about that and he could not confirm if it was new or not so i passed on it

Schimedmann have got them for $1502.30 USD

[0-60motorsports]

Did you grab that from Australia eBay for $210 USD ? i messaged the seller about that and he could not confirm if it was new or not so i passed on it

Schimedmann have got them for $1502.30 USD

Yes, Brand new with BMW logo

Will edited OP to add the Schmiedmann link.

[BL92]

Cool that is what the seller wrote to me in messenger so i thought it was a scam, let me know if it's legit

I guess repairmen will be popping out the woodwork now, as the gravy train just pulled out the station

[0-60motorsports]

Cool that is what the seller wrote to me in messenger so i thought it was a scam, let me know if it's legit

I guess repairman will be popping out the woodwork now, as the gravy train just pulled out the station

It is brand new and hopefully it'll be fine. Im just waiting for the right time to do a bunch of things and upgrades to the car So i will report back of course.....

[Cubieman]

Damn, these prices are getting to get out of hand.

I hoard parts and for some reason never got one of these, I understand they rarely fail, but if they do you are of course not in a good situation.

Hopefully the rebuild services for these can start popping up more like we see with e9x/e6x TBA's that fail at a much higher rate.

[bigjae46]

Do these go bad that often?

[0-60motorsports]

Do these go bad that often?

Only saw one instance I think on the forums but never ever seen one anywhere else. But they Do and Will fail eventually.

[Cubieman]

I may buy a used one while they are still cheap and keep it as a spare for a rebuild, ridiculous.

[bmwfnatic]

Do these go bad that often?

I was about to say, I have never heard of it, they are very solid and if you open them up they contain a simple toy motor and that’s really it, nothing compared to the E6x/E9x where there’s a computer inside more advanced than the one that took men to the moon.

[0-60motorsports]

I was about to say, I have never heard of it, they are very solid and if you open them up they contain a simple toy motor and that's really it, nothing compared to the E6x/E9x where there's a computer inside more advanced than the one that took men to the moon.

lol true

[bigjae46]

Only saw one instance I think on the forums but never ever seen one anywhere else. But they Do and Will fail eventually.

So I've got an $1800 ticking time bomb bolted to my engine. Bro, way to be a debbie downer and ruin my day....so depressing 🤣

[bigjae46]

I was about to say, I have never heard of it, they are very solid and if you open them up they contain a simple toy motor and that’s really it, nothing compared to the E6x/E9x where there’s a computer inside more advanced than the one that took men to the moon.

I might have to check my S54 parts pile, possible I could have one. I do remember these not really selling as used parts. If I do have one, it will be like finding gold! Worst case, I can buy a used S54 to get a nice used throttle actuator.

[4getr34]

LOL. at this point, I'm going to just haul a donor from the junkyard as a spare.

[bigjae46]

LOL. at this point, I'm going to just haul a donor from the junkyard as a spare.

I've never seen an S54 in a junkyard.