No, voiding warranties is the expertise of BMW NA, that's how they're able to stay in business... poor saps are always willing to pay out of their pocket thinking it must be the price to pay for driving the 'Ultimate driving machine', when in fact what they're driving are half-hazardly put together bucket of bolts that is a quality control nightmare, not to mention wooden steering and lazy throttle response.Notice BMW never does a recall even for something important as Airbags! it was only when NHTSA stepped in to 'discover' the problem for them that they do a recall. Like wise for last gen 3-series 'no-reverse' problem, likes wise for run-flat tire fiasco, and like wise for N54 twin turbo cooling management and high pressure fuel pump failures...BMW has more 'limp modes' than Windows98 operating system had BSOD (blue screen of death)