2003 BMW 525I Complaints

2003 BMW 525I 11 MONTHS AGO BROUGHT IN DUE TO WATER AND MOLD IN REAR FLOOR DEALER FOUND MOLD, DOOR PANELS CRUMBLING FROM WATER AND CLAIMED NEEDED TO REPLACE VAPOR BARRIERS. WANTED TO CHARGE ME $4,000 OR SO I FOUGHT AND BMW FURNISHED PARTS I PAID LABOR OVER 1200.00 WHEN ASKED THEY CLAIM NEVER SAW PROBLEM IN PAST, AND WAS DUE TO POOR ADHESIVE ON VAPOR BARRIERS, NOW 2 WEEKS AGO SAME PROBLEM. MY WIFE HAS BEEN HAVING MEDICAL PROBLEMS AS WELL AS I AND THEY ARE DUE TO TOXIC MOLD SYNDROME. DEALER REFUSES TO ADMIT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THRU ALL MODEL AND YEARS WHICH I HAVE RESEARCHED AND CONFIRMED THEY DEMANDED THE LOANER CAR BACK AND NOW THE RENTAL CAR, THEY WANT MY VEHICLE OFF THEIR LOT OBVIOUSLY, I SIMPLY WANTED A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT THEIR IS NO MOLD AND THEY REFUSE, AN INVESTIGATOR FROM BMW WAS THERE AND HEAD OFFICE CLAIMS HIS REPORT WILL NOT REACH THEM FOR 2 WEEKS... I NOW HAVE LUNG ISSUES AS DOES MY WIFE ALONG WITH 8 SYPTOMS DOCUMENTED SINCE 2005 FROM PHYSICIANS CONFIRMING TOXIC MOLD EXPOSURE AND SYNDROME. THE DEALER AND BMW REFUSE TO ADMIT AND RESPONSIBLITIY OR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM HOWEVER LOOKING ON INTERNET IT IS WIDESPREAD, NOT EVEN AN APOLOGY. I HAVE CONTACT THE EPA AND MEDIA TO EXPOSE THERE TOTAL LACK OF ETHICS, HONEST AND CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH OF CONSUMERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 BMW 525I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR AIR BAGS ON THE DRIVER SIDE SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 59,000. UPDATED EVOQ 01/04/11 UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF THE POLICE REPORT REFUSED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR AN ACCIDENT REPORT AS THE OFFICER STATED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. UPDATED 04/19/11

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR ENGINE STARTED TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY CAR HAVE TO BE TOWED TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THE ALL OF THE IGNITION COILS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR THEN HAD ONLY 29K+ MILES. *TR

UPON TURNING ON THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED DRIVERS SEAT HEATER, THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER SHORTED OUT CAUSING EXTREME HEAT AND SMOKE TO RISE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT. ALTHOUGH THIS DID NOT CAUSE A FIRE, IT WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO CAUSING A FIRE. THE HEATER WAS TURNED OFF, AND THE SMOKE AND HEAT SUBSIDED. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. CONTACTED A BMW MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND A KNOWN ISSUE WITH BMW. HE CITED A CASE WHICH CAUSED A CUSTOMERS LEATHER SEAT TO BURN AND ALSO BURNED HIS SPORTS COAT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS OVERTIME DO TO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE WIRING WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE DRIVER GETTING INTO AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. OVER TIME, THE WIRES RUB BARE CAUSING THE DETERIORATION OF THE WIRING AND THE INSULATION. THE WIRING IN TURN BUILDS RESISTANCE WITH THE IN ABILITY OF THE ELECTRICITY TO PASS THROUGH THE DAMAGE WIRING, WHICH CAUSES THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR FAILURE, SENSOR IN SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR AIR BAG WILL NOT FUNCTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND TURNED THE SEAT HEATER ON. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE, I STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE AND THEN SAW SMOKE IN THE CAR. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE SEAT WAS CATCHING ON FIRE. I TURNED THE SEAT HEATER OFF AND DOUSED THE FIRE WITH WATER. *TR

2003 525I BMW FRONT PASSENGER DOOR JAMMED IN "DOUBLE LOCK." THIS CONDITION OCCURRED WITHOUT USER INVOLVEMENT AND COULD HAVE LEFT THE PASSENGER WITH NO MEANS OF A QUICK EXIT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER EVENT REQUIRING A QUICK EXIT. ONLY MEANS OF EGRESS WAS TO CRAWL THOUGHT THE WINDOW OR OVER DRIVERS SEAT. THERE IS NO WAY TO MECHANICALLY OVERCOME THE PROBLEM, I.E., NO KEY ON ANY DOORS EXCEPT DRIVER'S. *TR

BEGAN TO HEAR A "CLICKING NOISE" UNDER FRONT END OF VEHICLE. UPON INVESTIGATION, BMW SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED RMFD HYDRO STEERING BOX DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED NOISE WOULD GET WORSE IF NOT REPLACED BUT COULDN'T ADVISE ME AS TO SAFETY ISSUE. VEHICLE METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH UNDER 40,000 MILES. CONTACTED BMW VIA EMAIL WITH NO RESPONSE. *TR

2003 BMW 525I DIED TWICE LEAVING THE CONSUMER STRANDED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE IGNITION COILS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN IT WAS FIRST STARTED, THE DEALER REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS, BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JB

WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE ON MY 2003 BMW 525 CAR JACK SLIPPED OUT CAUSING CAR TO DROP ON MY ARM, BREAKING MY ARM. I BELIEVE THE CAR JACK FOR THIS CAR IS POORLY DESIGNED