Hit a curb - Snow chaos

Recently I was driving on snow covered road and near a turn I could not manage to turn quickly enough and hit a curb. Well I was doing probably 5-10 mph then turned the steering wheel slowly but car kept going straight; slight braking did not help either. My left side front wheel hit the curb from side. It was bit noisy and I thought some serious damage has been done. Stopped then looked at the impacted wheel and could not see anything wrong at all. I was surprised and carried on my journey. But soon I realized that not everything is ok. I could feel that left wheel isn't moving 100% freely; it is having extra friction for part of its rotation.

Today I jacked that wheel up and tried to rotate it by hand and it was not moving freely. For part of rotation (appx 40-60 degrees) it was bit jam and then it moved with less friction afterwards. This behaviour was as if something is rubbing off the wheel at somepoint. I could not find anything obvious causing the problem!

Is this a total screwup or just big alignment issue? How hard it is to fix? Is this going to be pocket draining?

Worth mentioning that steering is slightly off center and car follows road on its own based on road gradient. But this behaviour is since before this accident.

Thanks for reading.

Thanks for answering.

Car is still under warranty. I know this kind of faults won't be convered under warranty but is it worth trying?

Update:

Today dealer called me to inform that this won't be covered under warranty as this could have been caused by curb hit or some other form of physical damage. Luck didn't work. No problem. Thanks Mike for your suggestion to ask for written quote before billing meter starts. So they gave me a quote for following items which will need replacing:

1) Wheel rim with tyres
2) Disc and pad and sensors
3) Wheel bearing and few other components with it

Total cost: £2448.00 ONLY.  This price also includes rear pad replacement with DISCS! My iDrive says 1800 miles to go for rear wheel pads but they said it is just 3mm so now disc will need replacing. I am not bothered about this now, will see later.

I told them that I am in a state of shock, once I recover then I will call you back tomorrow. Don't do any work until I place orders.

As you can easily guess I will take my car from them tomrrow (they need to fit new radio console button which is under warranty repair) and then I will speak to a local mechanic near my office. I can't see any problem with the wheel with the naked eye but I am not sure if there is something beyond visibility. Also I think if wheels are having any kind of problem then car will vibrate badly on higher speed and I won't have to struggle to feel the rubbing vibration. Anyway not sure on this.As Mike and Andy said it could be wheel bearing and/or pads rubbing on the disc.

Guys, from bmwfans website can you please tell me what part number I may need to buy for bearing and related component if bearing is found faulty? Should I buy from dealership or I can buy it off ebay if there is huge price difference, which I think will be the case. How about non-oem stuff? Getting this ripoff quote I am totally lost my trust with the main dealer, they always try to charge 3-5 times higher then what it will cost be in real. Last time they quoted £1000 for something which I got done for appx. £200 outside with oem parts.

Btw. how much work will be involved in this. I would love to do DIY as I am living alone for next 1 month or so and nothing much to do? Worth trying?

What is the damage to rim & tyre ? Are they just quoting for replacement of them due to the obvious impact damage to other components and making assumptions that there must be some internal damage ?

If there is no visible sign of damage to the alloy/tyre and it balances OK, then I wouldn't bother. You don't change a tyre every time you hit a pothole citing possible internal tyre damage....

And no, I'm not advising skimping on tyres, just BMW having a laugh. They aint selling too many cars this weather and are recouping costs on things like this !

If there is damage to rim, get it repaired (minor buckle only - cracked then bin it alright)

You won't be able to fix a buckled alloy yourself to a suitable standard.

The crakced wheel reference above will not have been what BMW have picked up on your wheel if it has signs of loosing an argument with a kerb.

27,000 miles and you need new rear pads and discs!  You must be driving everwhere with the traction control on  I've done 26,000 miles in mine since I've got it and the service interval for the rear pads gets longer the more I drive it.  Go figure that, cos I can't!

20" alloys!

You'll have no spine left!

Way too bling for me.