2014 BMW 328I Complaints

WAS EXPERIENCING AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR WHILE ACCELERATING AND DE ACCELERATING, BROUGHT TO BMW DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSFER CASE, WAS ALSO TOLD THIS ISSUE WAS ABNORMAL WITH MY CAR HAVING LESS MILES THAN INTENDED FOR WHAT YEAR IT WAS. THEY ALSO SAID EVENTUALLY MY AWD FUNCTION WOULD NO LONGER WORK IF NOT REPLACED IN MY 328I XDRIVE

MY VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A VERY DEFINED RATTLING SOUND OVER SMALL CRACKS AND BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AT THE SAME TIME THAT PROBLEM OCCURED. I TOOK IT IN TO GET AN ALIGNMENT AT BELLE TIRE, AND IT IS UP TO SPEC. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A BMW AND NOBODY IS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR STREET, THE CAR TENDS TO PULL IN ONE DIRECTION. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A CRASH, AND IT ONLY STARTED OCCURING AFTER A A YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THE CAR FEELS VERY UNSAFE AND "SENSITIVE" TO STEERING. IT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO STAY IN THE CENTER OF THE LANE WILL SWAY LEFT AND RIGHT.

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL COASTING TO A STOP. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE GAS CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITTUATION AS WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, IT WOULD NOT START AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL FOR TOWING PURPOSES. REPAIR SHOP SAID THE TIMING CHAIN HAD WENT OUT SEIZING AND RUINING THE ENGINE. 15K REPAIR BILL, VERY DANGEROUS SITTUATION HAVING NO CONTROL OVER A VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY DRIVING!

FROM 40MPH TO 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL GETS A SHAKING, WOBBLE THAT DOESN'T STOP ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 TO 2014 BMWS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. ON MANY BMW FORMS THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS WHO SAY THEY HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING RACK, STEERING ASSEMBLY AND IT WILL FIX IT FOR THE TIME BEING BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY DEFAULT AGAIN. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL YOU'LL HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE THAT SOUNDS AS IF THE FRONT AXLE IS GOING TO REMOVE ITS SELF FROM YOUR PRESENCE. TO HAVE THIS FACTORY PROBLEM FIXED IS UPWARDS OF 2,000$, THAT OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH ALMOST EVERY BMW. ALSO BMW HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE BLOWER MOTOR OR HEATER MOTOR. IT IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE MODEL BMWS THAT BMW REFUSES TO RECALL. THE HEATER WILL NOT WORK AT ALL OR ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE WILL BLOW SLIGHTLY WARM AIR BECAUSE OF BMWS FAULTY BLOWER MOTOR. ALSO THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WILL POWER OFF OR STOP WORKING IN GENERAL. THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT ISSUES THE VEHICLE IS HAVING. BMW HAS TO HAVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THESE ISSUES BASED OFF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THESE SAME ISSUES, BUT HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO INSURE THE SAFTEY OF THE PEOPLE OPERATING THERE VEHICLES WITH THESE FACTORY DEFAULTS. MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE WERE HAPPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT FASTEN SEATBELT SIGNALS WHEN I'M DRIVING AND NO-ONE IS IN THE FRONT SEAT, I HAVE TO LOCK SEATBELT TO TURN IT OFF. IT HASN'T SIGNAL LATELY. DRIVER'S DOOR LOCKS AND WON'T UNLOCK WHEN I'M PARKED UNLESS I USE THE REMOTE BUT, NOT ALL OF THE TIME. BREAKS SQUEAKS ONLY WHEN I FIRST EXIT THE GARAGE AT HOME.

I HAVE HAD 4 CAR CRASHED QUIT THIS VEHICLE AND NEITHER TIME HAVE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY AND I HAVE BECAME INJURED FROM THE CAR CRASHES IN MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, I CAN'T HIT A CAR FROM THE FRONT I HAVE BEEN HIT FROM THE BACK AND NEITHER AIRBAGS HAVE DEPLOYED EVEN A PASSENGER GOT IN ON THE SITE AND THAT ARE BACK DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER. MY VEHICLE IS IN MOTION EVERY TIME THAT I CRASHED OR WAS CRASHED,

THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED DUE TO KNOWN USE OF INFERIOR PARTS RESULTING IN IT HAVING TO BE PREMATURELY REPLACED AT A COST OF $3,000 TO AVOID TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE.

THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME AS THOSE REFERENCED IN RECALL #13V454000& 14V627000 THE BRAKING POWER IS LOST UNEXPECTEDLY RESULTING IN INCREASED VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE OR NO BRAKES AS WELL WHEN THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON BOTH LOCAL AND HIGHWAY DRIVING ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET.. THIS CONDITION FIRST HAPPENED IN OCT OF 2019 & CONTINUES TODAY. I AM AN RN ON THE FRONT LINE TREATING PATIENTS IN THE ICU WHO HAVE CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS(COVID-19)AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE ACCIDENT FROM WORK DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED. BMW STATED MY CAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND REFUSES TO REPAIR IT UNDER THE RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT FURTHER ACTION I CAN TAKE AS THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF BRAKING POWER. IT IS MUCH WORSE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE WET(RAIN OR SNOW). AT TIMES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE TO THE FLOOR LEAVING THE CAR UNABLE TO STOP WITHOUT THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. SEVERAL TIMES I WAS AFRAID I WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP & HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I AM A RN ON THE FRONT LINE TREATING PATIENTS IN THE ICU WHO HAVE CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND CANNOT AFFORD TO BE AWAY FROM MY JOB. THIS CONDITION FIRST HAPPENED IN OCT 2019 AND CONTINUES TODAY.

WHILE DRIVING, I RECEIVED AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT MAY LEFT REAR LIGHT HAD MALFUNCTIONED. A FEW DAYS LATER, I TOOK IT TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP FOR BULB REPLACEMENT AND MY YEARLY OIL CHANGE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WASN'T JUST THE LIGHT BULB THAT NEEDED REPLACING THE ENTIRE REAR LIGHT SYSTEM HAD MELTED. THE SOCKET, CONNECTOR, CONTACT POINTS ALL BURNT. THERE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BMW RECALLED EARLIER YEAR VEHICLES FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE FIXED AT BMW'S EXPENSE. SINCE I CAN NOT AFFORD THE $600.00 BILL, I AM DRIVING WITHOUT A LEFT REAR SIGNAL WHICH IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF PARTS.