2015 BMW 328I Complaints

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH A CHILD SEAT OR A CHILD BOOSTER SEAT IN THE REAR SEATING AREA IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTACH THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE THE STRAP FROM THE BUCKLE TO WHERE THE BUCKLE IS ATTACHED TO THE BODY UNDER THE SEAT IS TOO SHORT . YOU CAN NOT HOLD THE BUCKLE AND INSERT THE BELT WITH OUT THE BUCKLE BEING FORCED INTO AND UNDER THE SEAT. I HAVE ATTACHED A CORD TO ASSIST THIS BUCKLING ISSUE BUT IT IS STILL DIFFICULT TO BUCKLE

REAR SPOILER MALFUNCTION APPEARED ON MY SCREEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY 30 MILES PER HOUR, THEN THE REAR SPOILER BEGAN TO SMOKE WITHIN 60 SECONDS. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO PARK IT, AND AFTER ANOTHER 100 SECONDS, THE SPOILER CAUGHT FIRE AND WITHIN 180 MORE SECONDS THE WHOLE REAR OF THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. BY THIS TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING FAILURE FOR THE CAR TO BRAKE PROPERLY AND REVING UP AFTER BEING ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH BEFORE NEEDING TO STOP. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE TO STOP FOR THE TRAFFIC AHEAD FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT WAS NOT A SUDDEN STOP OR TAILGATING SITUATION. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP OR VERY NEAR STOP APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE REAR BUMPER OF THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. IT SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND ACCELERATED AND MOVED FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT WAS DEPRESSED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AT ALL TIMES. THE REVVING CONTINUED FOR SECONDS AND THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES. IT HIT THE CAR THE FIRST TIME AND CONTINUED REVVING AND MOVED FORWARD HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR IN FRONT WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP ALL READY WHEN I HIT IT. MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP DESPITE MY CONTINUING TO HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN FIRMLY.. IT CONTINUED TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE FINALLY STOPPING. THIS RESULTED IN THREE SUBSEQUENT CARS IN FRONT OF ME ALL BEING PUSHED INTO EACH OTHER. I ADVISED MY INSURANCE CARRIER AND POLICE OF THE SITUATION. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE BMW DEALER NEAR ME TODAY, OCTOBER 16TH AND I TOLD THEM OF THE SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING 40 YEARS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND AM VERY VERY CERTAIN THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED AND THE CAR AND IT WAS NOT DRIVER ERROR. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND AM PRESENTLY AWAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE CAR DEALER TO HEAR OF THEIR FINDINGS. IN SPEAKING WITH THE MECHANIC (NOT THE SERVICE ADVISOR WHO WAS FINE) AND TELLING HIM THE SPECIFICS AS STATED HERE, I SENSED SKEPTICISM THAT THIS ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

MY COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE RADIO, AND RECEPTION. I HAVE BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS IN 3 DIFFERENT TOWNS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE RADIO/ANTENNA IS OK. THE PROBLEM IS I HAVE A 2007 BMW AND A 3012 GOTD FUSION, AS WELL AS MY FORMER SPOUSE HAS A 2017 FORD MUSTANG AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM GETTING RADIO STATIONS IN EITHER OF THESE VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BMW 328I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND LOST ACCELERATION INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS NOTIFIED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR A LONG TIME. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,455.

GRAN TURISMO TAILGATE CRASHED UPON MY HEAD WITHOUT TAIL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING OR ALARM. NO FOOT KICKING TO ACTIVATE THE FEATURE WAS INVOKED. WHILE PARKED WITH THE HATCH OPEN, I WAS SIMPLY PLACING GROCERIES INTO MY TRUNK. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND CAN NOT BE REPEATED UPON DEMAND. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEMO THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST EVENT. I ALSO UNCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILGATE. THE KICKING FEATURE TO ACTIVATE TAILGATE LIFTING AND LOWERING DOESN'T WORK 100%. VIGOROUS KICKING IN DIFFERENT SPOTS IS NEEDED TO ACTIVATE THE HANDS FREE FEATURE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A PARTIAL DROP AND REOPENING OF THE TAILGATE. SOMETIMES THE ALARM WORKS AND SOMETIMES NOT. WHEN HANDS FREE CLOSING OF HATCH, AN OBSTRUCTION WILL NOT CAUSE THE DOOR TO RETREAT. FINALLY THE HATCH WILL CLOSE WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS AT APPROX 50 MPH ON A TWO LANE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER, WARNING LIGHTS AND BUZZER SOUNDED. THE MESSAGE ON SCREEN REPORTED 'DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION, DRIVE MODERATELY'. THE CAR CONTINUED TO OPERATE, VIBRATING BADLY WHENEVER I GAVE IT GAS. WE LIMPED HOME, SHUT IT OFF. TWO HOURS LATER I RESTARTED IT AND ALL THE ERROR WARNINGS DISAPPEARED AND THE CAR IS RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN.

GLASS SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 80MPH. GLASS SHATTERED AND FELL ONTO ME (DRIVER), THE PASSENGER SEAT, CONSOLE, AND BACK SEAT. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME AT THE TIME, AND THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY, ON A CLEAR ROAD. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT, ON A SMOOTH STRETCH OF HIGHWAY, NO BUMPS ON THE ROAD, AND THE ROAD WAS CLEAR. TINY SHARD OF GLASS CAUSED A MINOR CUT ON PALM OF HAND, OTHERWISE NO INJURIES TO REPORT.

WHILE IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE MOMENTUM. AT THE SAME TIME, A WARNING ALERTED US TO A "DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION". LUCKILY, WE WERE IN THE LANE CLOSEST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WE WERE ABLE TO LIMP OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALER IN LAS VEGAS WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FAILED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, WE FOUND THAT BMW HAS A HISTORY OF FUEL PUMP RECALLS ALTHOUGH NONE FOR OUR MODEL YEAR. THIS INCIDENT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS CONSIDERING THE CAR SUDDENLY BEING INOPERABLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. WERE WE NOT IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE, THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY.

SUNROOF EXPLODED-2015 BMW 328I SEDAN-ON FRIDAY, 6/24/16 AROUND 8:15AM, WHILE TRAVELING IN WASH, DC'S RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 35-45MPH ON ROUTE 295N, A LOUD BLAST, LIKE A BOMB, SUDDENLY JOLTED MY CAR! FEARFULLY, I CONTINUED TO STEER THE CAR LOOKING FOR A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET BEYOND A CURVE IN THE ROAD. I PULLED OVER, MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE OK BUT BEWILDERED WHEN WE SAW A LARGE GAPING HOLE IN THE CENTER OF MY SUNROOF! I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THAT WE HAD BEEN SHOT OR A LARGE OBJECT HAD HIT US. GLASS CHIPS BEGAN FALLING ON US. STILL IN SHOCK, IT TOOK ME A FEW MINUTES TO REALIZE THAT I SHOULD CLOSE THE SUNSHADE! NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED, WE WERE TOO SCARED TO EXIT THE CAR, SO MY DAUGHTER CALLED 911 AND I PRESSED MY SOS BUTTON FOR ASSISTANCE. WE SIMULTANEOUSLY WERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO THE RECEIVERS OF OUR CALLS. A DC POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND QUICKLY ACCESSED THE INCIDENT. HE'D WITNESSED THE SAME ON A FEW OTHER MAKES OF CARS. HE ASSURED US THAT BASED ON THE OUTWARD PROTRUSION OF THE REMAINING GLASS, THE IMPACT WAS FROM WITHIN, IT HAD EXPLODED, NOT IMPLODED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A SHOT OR OBJECT OF ANY SIZE HITTING THE CAR. THERE WERE A FEW PIECES OF VARIOUS SIZED SHATTERED GLASS ON THE BACKSEAT, WHERE MY GRANDSON'S CAR SEAT CADDY WAS. THE OFFICER EVENTUALLY CONVINCED ME IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE TO MY DEALER AND I DID SO. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE BMW DEALER, THE SERVICE MGR. IMMEDIATELY ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME AND GATHERING COWORKERS, OF SEEING PREVIOUS SUNROOF EXPLOSIONS. HOWEVER, IN TWO FOLLOW-UP CALLS HE STATED THAT BMW WOULD NOT COVER (PAY). THE 2ND CALL, AFTER FOLLOWING UP WITH HIS MANAGER PER MY REQUEST, HE STATED THAT [IT] COULD ONLY SHATTER IF SOMETHING HIT AN EXISTING CRACK...THE SAME WITH THE PREVIOUS SUNROOFS INCIDENTS HE HAD SEEN. I DID NOT HAVE A CRACK IN MY SUNROOF PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT!