2019 BMW X3 Complaints

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHICH RESULTED IN A FAULT WITH THE MECHANICAL RADIATOR FLAPS NOT OPENING OR CLOSING PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS DELAYED A FIX FOR SIX WEEKS NOW WHILE THEY ARE FIXING OTHER MODELS THAT MAY HAVE HAD A HIGHER SALES PRICE. CHILDREN ARE PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING WITH A 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED IS DISCOMFORTING.

WHILE REVERSING OUR CAR IN OUR GARAGE, THE CAR TRUNK POP OPEN AND HIT OUR GARAGE ROOF CREATING SCRATCHES AND PEELED PAINT ON THE TRUNK LID.

AT 9AM THIS MORNING THE HATCH BACK HAD BEEN OPEN FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. I CLOSED AND LOCKED THE CAR AND AT 3:30PM THIS AFTERNOON THE HATCH HAD POPPED OPEN AGAIN. THIS IS THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE SAME ISSUE THIS WEEK.

HATCH BACK OPENS RANDOMLY. KEY FOBS WERE NO WHERE NEAR VEHICLE AS IT WAS PARKED IN OUR UNDERGROUND GARAGE.

BACK HATCH DOOR OPENS RANDOMLY. IT WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT AND STATIONERY BUT NEIGHBOR REPORTED IT OPEN THIS MORNING.,

TAIL GATE OPENS RANDOMLY WHEN CAR IS PARKED AND STATIONARY. TAIL GATE HAS ALSO OPENED WHEN TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED (UNDER 30 MPH). ISSUE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. RETURNED TO DEALER TO ADDRESS ISSUE BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ISSUE. *TR

FIRST PROBLEM IS THAT ONE THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS MY REAR HATCH/TAILGATE HAS OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE PARKED. EACH OF THE THREE TIMES THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND HAS HIT MY GARAGE DOOR CAUSING DAMAGE. WHILE IN THE GARAGE, MY KEYS WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE AND NO BUTTONS WERE PUSHED ON THE KEY FOB. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE TWICE NOW AND HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESS IN SOLVING THE ISSUE. SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT THE SEAT VENTILATION ON THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE FANS WITHIN THE SEAT THAT ACTIVATE TO PUSH AIR THROUGH THE VENTS SOUND LIKE THEY ARE TEARING THROUGH THE SEAT. EACH TIME THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE ISSUE, ONLY FOR IT TO RETURN AGAIN. THE CAR IS GOING TO THE DEALER ONCE AGAIN AFTER I ASKED FOR THEM TO ESCALATE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE CAR ONE YEAR. MY PURCHASE DATE WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2018.

THE LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM ON MY NEW BMW X3 (PURCHASED MAY 3, 2019) DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS A NON-TRIVIAL FAILURE IN BMW'S SO-CALLED "INTELLIGENT SAFETY SYSTEM." THE RESPONSE I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM MY BMW DEALER IN OCALA, FLORIDA IS UNSATISFACTORY. THEY INSIST IT IS WORKING, JUST AT A SLIGHT VIBRATION. I FEEL NO VIBRATION, AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR AND AGREE. DURING A LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION ' WHICH IS WHAT THIS FEATURE IS INTENDED FOR ' THERE IS NO WARNING OF LANE DEPARTURE. IT'S NOT A SAFETY FEATURE IF IT DOESN'T WORK. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BMW SAFETY ENGINEERS WOULD WANT THE FUNCTION TO BE IMPERCEPTIBLE EVEN AT THE "STRONG" SETTING. BMW APPARENTLY THINKS THIS FEATURE IS IMPORTANT, AS THE COMPANY PLACED AN ASSOCIATED LIGHTED BUTTON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD! PERHAPS THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET HURT OR DIE BEFORE ACTING. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON BEHALF OF CUSTOMERS BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU.

I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SUV'S "HATCH" DOOR OPENING ON IT'S OWN. I'VE OWNED THE CAR SINCE FEB 2019. TWICE IT HAS OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE PARKED. YESTERDAY MORNING, IT OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN SLOW TRAFFIC ON A VERY BUSY ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR, AND I HAD A LOT OF THINGS IN THE TRUNK. THE HATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE WITH THE BUTTON ON THE ARMREST, NOR WITH THE KEY FOB. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT, AND CLOSE IT BY PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE HATCH DOOR ITSELF.

THIS VEHICLE HAS THE 'LANE DEPARTURE FEATURE WARNING" . THIS FEATURE HAS 3 SETTINGS,FROM LIGHT TO STRONG. ON THE FIRST TWO SETTINGS THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT VIBRATE AT ALL, ON THE STRONGEST SETTING THE VIBRATION FOR THE MOST PART CANNOT BE FELT EITHER. I HAD A 2014 X5, STEERING WHEEL DEFINITELY HAD A PRONOUNCED VIBRATION THAT WAS FELT. BROUGHT IT BACK TO BMW, ENGINEERS SAY THAT THEY HAD COMPLAINTS THAT THE X5 VIBRATION WAS TO SEVERE SO THEY MADE IT LESS OBTRUSIVE. IF YOU HAVE THREE MODES OF OPERATION AND TWO MODES DO NOT WORK AT ALL, AND THEIR STRONGEST MODE IS BARELY PERCEPTIBLE , THIS SAFETY FEATURE IS NOT WORKING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DEPENDING ON IT. I HAVE TRIED IT AT ALL SPEEDS, ACTUALLY THE FASTER YOU ARE GOING ESPECIALLY ABOVE 55 MPH, YOU DO NOT FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE AT ALL.