2015 BMW X3 Complaints

SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION FROM THE INSIDE AND THE GLASS SHATTERED. NO EXTERNAL OBJECT HIT THE ROOF. THE EXPLOSION IMPACTED ALL THE GLASS SURFACE.

PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILURE. REPORTED UNDER WARRANTY WHEN PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. PROBLEM NOW PERSISTENT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AND FAILED STATE INSPECTION, CAN'T DRIVE UNTIL IT'S FIXED. THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM ON 2005-2010 X3'S AND SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY MODELS AND YEARS OF BMW. CAR WARNS ABOUT PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILURE, RED AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. CONSTANTLY CHIMES WHILE DRIVING.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DIESEL ENGINE COME ON MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE CAR HIT 40K MILES. LUCKILY IT'S UNDER WARRENTY, OVER 10K IN REPAIRS IN 2 MONTHS. NEW FILE INJECTORS, OIL PUMP, DTF FILTER, ECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BMW X3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVETRAIN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BMW OF TENAFLY, 301 COUNTY RD, TENAFLY, NJ 07670) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVETRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

IT WAS IN THE MORNING AND I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WASN'T DRIVING FAST MAYBE 10-15 WHEN I APPROACHED THE THE STOP SIGN. I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BUT MY CAR WASN'T SLOWING DOWN SO I PRESSED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD. THE CAR REVVED UP AND ACCELERATED WITH FORCE OUT INTO THE CROSS STREET. THANKFULLY THERE WASN'T A CAR COMING OR I WOULD OF BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MILES VERY SLOWLY. I WAS ALL SHOOK UP AND CONFUSED AS TO WHAT JUST HAPPENED.I CALLED BMW TO TELL THEM AND MAKE A APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR IN. I STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT AND PARKED WASN'T THINKING I PARKED ACROSS FROM A CAR. I DECIDED TO TRY JUST PRESSING ON THE BRAKES IN THE PARKING SPOT. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND STARTED TO PRESS HARDER THE CAR REVVED UP HIGH AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR IN PARK.. BUT I WASN'T IT WAS IN DRIVE AND I WAS ONLY PRESSING THE BRAKES. THEN SUDDENLY IT STARTED JERKING FORWARD. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK TO STOP IT. I MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PARKING SPOT THERE WAS A HUGE MOUND OF SNOW MY BUMPER WAS RIGHT UP CLOSE TO IT. I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT DID THE SAME THING BUT THE SNOW STOPPED ME. BMW HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECIPROCATE THE PROBLEM AS OF NOW. I FOUND ONLINE SIMILAR ALMOST EXACT INCIDENTS OF THIS ON OTHER X3 ALL DIFFERENT YEARS. SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN IN ACCIDENTS. I HAVEN'T PICKED UP MY CAR YET I AM WAITING STILL TO SEE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. I AM NOT SURE WHY WITH ALL THE INCIDENTS I FOUND OF THIS THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME SORT OF RECALL. I AM HOPING THEY WILL FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS AND FIX IT SO I CAN FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE ROAD. SO FAR IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO IF THEY DON'T FIND THE PROBLEM AND CAN'T FIX IT. I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD TAKE SOMEONE TO DIE FOR THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

ON MARCH 4, 2018, WHILE AT A RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION IN BOCA RATON, FL, ALL OF SUDDEN, NO WARNING, MY BMW X3 STARTED TO SMELL OF SMOKE, THEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HOOD. I HAD TO BARELY MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LEAVE IT AT AN ENTRANCE OF A PLAZA, WHICH THEN BEGAN TO SMOKE OVERWHELMINGLY. ONCE I MADE IT OUT OF THE CAR, THE FLAMES CAME OUT OF THE HOOD AND THE CAR BECAME FULLY ENGULFED WITHIN SECONDS.

PASSENGER SIDE 'AIRBAG OFF' WARNING LIGHT COMES ON ON INITIAL START, GOES OFF MOMENTARILY AND COMES BACK ON WITH ADULT MALE SEATED IN PASSENGER SEAT OR SEAT EMPTY. PAST MODELS SUFFERED FROM PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR CRACKING. IS THIS A PROBLEM WITH 2015 X3?

NHSTA DATABASE IS SAYING OUR VEHICLE HAS AN ACTIVE ISOFIX BRACKET RECALL (16V333) BUT EVERY TIME WE TRY TO SCHEDULE WITH BMW, THE DEALER INFORMS US THAT OUR VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED. I AM A SERVICE MEMBER LIVING OVERSEAS AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SHIP MY CAR UNTIL THE ACTIVE RECALL IS RESOLVED BUT THE MANUFACTURER IS TELLING US THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. HOW DO WE RESOLVE SO THAT WE MAY SHIP OUR CAR?

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT BMW OF NORTH AMERICA MISSING RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE IN 2015. I WAS NOT AWARE THE RECALL AND INFORMED ABOUT THE CAMSHAFT TIMING ADJUSTMENT VANOS ENGINE STALL ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS ABOUT THE BOLTS THAT SECURE THE HOUSING FOR THE VARIABLE CAMSHAFT TIMING ADJUSTMENT (VANOS) UNIT LOOSEN OVER TIME AND MAY POSSIBLY BREAK WHICH REDUCES THE POWER OF ENGINE OR STALL. I OWN A 2012 BMX X3 2.8I (VIN: 5UXWX5C58CLXXXXXX), STARTING LAST YEAR, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND OFF FROM TIME TO TIME. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THIS DEFECTIVE VANOS DESIGN WAS THE REASON UNTIL LAST MONTH I CHECKED MY VEHICLE IN FOR ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH RPM AUTOMOTIVE, THEY RAN A FULL DIAGNOSTICS AND CONFIRMED WITH ERROR CODES 130C01,130108 AND 131508 WHICH INDICATES VANO AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS FOR MY N52T 6-CYLINDER ENGINE. I CONTACTED BMW DEALER AT ORANGE PARK, FL, THEY IGNORED MY REQUEST AND TOLD ME MY VEHICLE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. I HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH AND CONFIRMED MY VEHICLE X3 XDRIVE 28I IS ON THE RECALL LIST. PLEASE SEE THE RECALL AT HTTPS://WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/CAR-NEWS/BMW-RECALLS-156137-VEHICLES-FOR-LOOSE-BOLTS-THAT-COULD-LEAD-TO-ENGINE-STALL.HTML . I AM CONTACTING YOU TO REPORT THEIR RECALL MALPRACTICES, ENGINE SAFETY ISSUES AND FRAUD WARRANTY PROMISES. *JS PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THIS MORNING AROUND 10AM CENTRAL TIME WHILE I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT ON A CITY STREET AT ABOUT 10MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKE HARDEST TRYING TO STOP IT. THANKS GOD, IT STOPPED. FORTUNATELY, NOTHING CLOSER IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE, NO ONE GOT HURT. BUT I LIKE TO REPORT IT AND WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE.