Same problem here, 2002 BMW 320td, Turbo blew on 2nd jan 2010. Only done 51000 miles, careful lady owner, always serviced. Lots of smoke, loss of power , thought car was on fire at first. Rang Scottalls Southampton, said was prolly turbo, quoted me £1200 to fix it. Not too bad i thought. They wouldnt collect the car, so i had to pay for a breakdown vehicle to tow it to the garage. Now, this is where the fun starts, quote went up to £1700, then £2200, Then £2400. Said they had to replace one of the cats, various exhaust parts and clean out the oil sump etc etc, but not to worry as the work came with a 2yr parts n labour guarantee. Having taken a deep breath, i accepted this. This morning they rang me, car also needs the second cat changed, at a cost of £400. That takes the bill up to almost £3000. WTF? How can you warrant spending this amount on a car that cost me £14995, but is now only worth £6000, its not a viable expenditure. Consequently, i lost my rag and chewed the service mans ear off this morning, explaining that it was due to their bad design fault,(commonly known factor judging by this forum) and that why should we, the customer, who has always trusted BMW to be a good car have to pay out for expensive repairs for a car thats only done just over 50,000 miles!!! If i had known it was going to be this expensive i would have scrapped the bloody car. The service man, has gone to ask BMW if they will pay towards the costs and I am waiting on a reply. Hence to say, a friend of mine, is now on his 3rd turbo replacement in a car thats younger than mine. Stand up to BMW and fight for your rights, cos they KNOW about the fault, and I for one am not going to take this laying down.