2014 BMW X3 Complaints

TAIL LIGHT FAILURE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. LED DRIVER BOARDS ARE FAILING DUE TO BAD SOLDER CONNECTIONS, COMPONENTS DO NOT FAIL BUT THE ASSEMBLY DOES. I BELIEVE THE DEFECTIVE SOLDER JOINTS ARE PROBABLY DUE TO CONTAMINATION ON THE BARE CIRCUIT BOARD. I'VE REPAIRED MINE (ALBEIT PROBABLY ONLY TEMPORARILY DUE TO THE CONTAMINATION). THE FAILED JOINT ON MY ASSEMBLY WAS EXACTLY THE SAME ONE IDENTIFIED IN THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO I FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=JDPBM6CP_YO IT'S APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, SO MUCH SO THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR REPLACEMENT MODULES COMMON ON THE INTERNET (DO A SEARCH ON B003809.2 AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN), EVEN THOUGH THE MODULES ARE "NOT REPLACEABLE," ACCORDING TO BMW. BMW CHARGES HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY EVEN THOUGH IT IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, NOT A WEAR OUT PROBLEM. FAILURE OF THE LED DRIVE DISABLES THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PREPONDERANCE OF PREMATURE FAILURES DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

AS AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE I RAN OUT OF GAS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT MY VEHICLE IN MANUAL NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO PARK WHICH IF A LOT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. SAFETY HAZARD FOR NOT GEAR SHIFT TO PRESS FOR PARKING

REAR BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUE TO GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE SOMETIMES DISPLAYS THE WARNING MESSAGE ON THE DASH ONLY A PORTION OF THE TIME. WHEN THE LIGHT DOES COME ON, IT IS ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND DRIVING IT A FEW MILES. TOOK MY X3 TO A SERVICE CENTER IN ATLANTA WHERE I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS. WARNING LIGHT RETURNED 48 HOURS LATER. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT SEEMS LIKE MY 2014 X3 IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE.

DRIVING ON 3 LANE ROAD TRAVELING APPROX 20-30 MILES PER HR CARS AHEAD OF ME STOPPED AND I APPLIED THE BREAKS AND NOTHING HAPPENED, CAR KEPT GOING AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. SEEMED LIKE THE CAR DIDN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN.

TAIL LIGHT STOPPED FUNCTIONING . BASED ON RESEARCH ON INTERNET , IT SEEMS, ITS DUE TO FAULTY LIGHT CONTROLLER. THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM . THIS IS REAL SAFETY ISSUE AS IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME, I AM PROVIDING ONE OF THE LINKS FOR REFERENCE : HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/BMW/X3/TAIL-LIGHT-SWITCH-PROBLEMS.PHP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BMW X3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED MOMENTARILY AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. BMW OF BLOOMINGTON (1604 COMMERCE PKWY, BLOOMINGTON, IL 61704) DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BECAME CORRODED DUE TO WATER INTRUSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

CONSISTENT WATER LEAKAGE DURING RAIN FALL. VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS LEAKS WHICH IM ASSUMING IS FROM THE SUNROOF.

THE SOLDERING ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT CONTROLS THE LED TAIL LIGHTS FAIL AND ARE NOT SERVICEABLE. ALSO THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS DOES NOT ALERT WHEN WHEN THE LED TAIL LIGHTS ARE OUT

THE 2014 X3 HAS A DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ISSUE. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM LOW SPEEDS, WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS WITHOUT A FIRM HOLD ON THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CAR DEPARTS THE LANE OF TRAVEL, DIVERTING TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IN STEADY STATE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED IN A RANGE OF 30MPH-75MPH, WITHIN 5 SECONDS WITHOUT FIRM HOLD ON THE STEERING WHEEL, THE CAR DIVERGES TO THE RIGHT FROM ITS LANE OF TRAVEL. WITH ANY SLIGHT DISTRACTION OF THE DRIVER, THE X3 DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, ALWAYS THE RIGHT SIDE, AND HAS BEEN UNCORRECTED WITH ALIGNMENT, NEW TIRES, NEW STEERING ARM. MY LOCAL BMW DEALER HAS REFUSED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EVEN WITH A CAR UNDER WARRANTY. MANY OTHER BMW X3 OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON BMW FORUMS ONLINE. THIS LANE DEPARTURE IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

WHEN I TURN ON THE CAR, THE ELECTRICAL DASHBOARD HAS A DELAY. I TURN ON THE CAR, START TO DRIVE, THE DASHBOARD WILL DELAY IN TURNING ON (HAPPENS AT LEAST 1/MONTH IN THE LAST 1.5YEARS). WINTER 2015/16 DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK MANUALLY OR BY KEY FOB. IN FEAR OF THEFT, I DROVE HOME AND THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK. ADDITIONALLY, DASHBOARD NOTIFICATION SAID DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS AJAR WHILE DRIVING (TOOK PICTURES). LASTLY, TRUNK RELEASE IS CONSTANTLY JAMMED AND CAN'T BE OPENED MANUALLY, TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON, OR KEY FOB. FROM TIME TO TIME I WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRUNK AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BACK SEAT. I HAVE BEEN TO MY LOCAL BMW DEALERSHIP IN SUMMER 2016 AND THE PROBLEMS STILL OCCUR. *TR