2013 BMW X3 Complaints

DRIVING WEST ON I84 IN CT. JUST EAST OF EXIT 33 BEFORE RT 72 MERGE LOW OIL PRESSURE MESSAGE COMES ON. WITHIN 30 SECONDS DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION MESSAGE APPEARS AND THE ENGINE STARTS TO POWER DOWN. BARELY MADE IT ACROSS THE 2 LANES MERGING ON THE RIGHT AND ONTO THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE ENGINE LOST POWER ENTIRELY AND SHUT DOWN. COULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL DISASTER GIVEN THE HIGH SPEED MERGE AND VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD, MOVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND RECEIVED THE DRIVE TRAIN WARNING AND AS I WAS PULLING OVER, IR, THEN STUDENTLY I GOT A MESSAGE, ENGINE LOSS POWER, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO PULL OVER ..HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS I WAS WITH MY GRAND KIDS IN THE CAR . THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TOW TO THE DEALER .. WAITING FOR ESTIMATED ..DANGEROUS SITUATION PULLING INTO TRAFFIC SPECIALLY ON A HIGHWAY WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS "ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE" TO ANYONE! THEY WAITING FOR A FATAL CRASH TO TAKE ACTIONS ??????

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BRAKING TO SLOWDOWN AT A LIGHT AS I WAS COMING INTO TOWN. MESSAGE CAME ON THAT OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSIST. MOVED OFF HIGHWAY AND CUT ENGINE ON AND OF TWICE. MESSAGE CLEARED BUT DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME. MESSAGE CAME ON DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION DRIVE MODERATELY SO I CONTINUED ON FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES AT SLOW SPEED. A CLICKING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE CAR JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL SO I COASTED TO A SAFE SPOT AND TRIED TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE UNSUCCESSFULLY. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOW TRUCK PUT ON FLATBED TO MECHANIC WHO THEN RAN A A SCAN. HE SAID THE ENGINE IS RUINED AND WILL NEED REPLACING. THE DEALER IN SAN ANTONIO, TX REPLACED THE TURBOCHARGER TWICE WITH THE LAST BEING IN THE FALL OF 2017. NOTHING WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SUCH A PROBLEM WITH THIS THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD BEEN GIVEN. OUR CAR HAS 94,000 MILES. WE HAD JUST DRIVEN THROUGH HOUSTON IN A STORM. THIS COULD HAVE COST US OUR LIVES IF WE HAD BEEN STRANDED IN THE FLOODING HIGHWAY BLOCKING TRAFFIC LET ALONE OTHER LIVES.

DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED. NOTIFICATION APPEARED OF DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION. I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE NOTIFICATION WAS OFF. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND NOTIFICATION CAME ON LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD TICKING NOISE WHILE I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. CAR WAS TOWED TO MY HOME. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE WHICH THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER. MY CAR HAS 88K MILES. WHEN I TOLD THEM THE MILEAGE THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T COVERED OVER 70K MILES. THEY SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE DAMAGE WOULD LIKELY RUIN THE ENGINE AND REQUIRE POSSIBLY A NEW ENGINE. EITHER WAY, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST $1000 FOR THE INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. I HAVE HAD REGULAR SERVICE AT THE DEALER AND THEY NEVER MENTIONED NO CHECKED FOR THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE WHEN THE MILEAGE WAS UNDER 70K.

VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND SENSORS LITE UP AND VEHICLE STALLED. MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN, WARRANTY COMPANY DEMANDED ENGINE BE OPENED UP TO CHECK VALUES, FOUND TIMING CHAIN BOLT BROKEN OFF IN THE ENGINE NOT TO BE FOUND. WARRANTY COMPANY BLAMED BOLT AND REFUSED TO PAY REPAIRS, NEW ENGINE REQUIRED SINCE BOLT COULD NOT BE FOUND. NONE ISSUE WITH BMW

THERE IS A FAULTY CHIP IN THE TAIL LIGHT. THIS CAUSES A FAILURE OF THE TAIL LIGHT WITH NO ADVANCED WARNING. TYPICALLY WHEN A BULB GOES OUT THE DRIVER WILL GET A WARNING IN THE GAUGE CLUSTER. THIS FAULTY CHIP PREVENTS THE WARNING.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LOCKED ITSELF. GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND NEW ENGINE POTENTIALLY. AFTER SOME RESEARCH FOUND THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. I ALSO FOUND THAT THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS 7/70,000. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE 69,550 MILES.

MY 2013 X BMW WAS GIVING A MESSAGE ON THE DASH BOARD STATING IF I STOP THE ENGINE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RE-START THE CAR. ON APRIL 17, 2019 I DROVE TO PRIME MOTOR GROUP BMW OF NORWOOD, MA FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPLACE A PART AND THE CAR CANNOT START, AT THIS POINT I WAS GETTING AN E-MAIL FROM THE DEALER WITH AN ESTIMATE COST OF CLOSE TO $5,500 TO REPAIR IT. AT THE TIME TAKING THE CAR FOR THE PROBLEM, THERE WERE 5 RECALLS PENDING FOR MY CAR THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REPAIR, BUT THE RECALLS WAS KEPT SECRET FROM ME UNTIL ON APRIL 24, 2019 I TOWED THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR $525 AS I WAS TOLL BY THE SERVICE COUNSELOR TO GET THAT START BACK. AS OFF NOW, MY CAR IS STILL SEATING AT THE DEALER, BUT I DON'T HAVE $5,500 TO REPAIR THE ENGINE AND THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES.

I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 7 MONTH OLD BABY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STOPS, IT WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST BMW DEALER. ONE DAY LATER I GET A NOTIFICATION IN MY EMAIL THAT THE ENGINE IS NO LONGER WORKING DUE TO A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. THE TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR IS 15K!

2013 BMW X3 SDRIVE28I (F25) TIMING CHAIN RAIL GUIDE FAILED AT 70,800 MILES ON ROUTE 80, NEAR AKRON, OHIO. "LOW OIL PRESSURE" WARNING DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD, TRAVELING AROUND 77MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL. BMW OF AKRON SAID THAT BMWNA WILL COVER 35% OF THE COST OF A "GOODWILL" ENGINE REPLACEMENT. OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE: $7,706.67. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY WORTH $14,000 RETAIL AT THIS POINT (APRIL 2019).