2001 BMW X5 Complaints

NORMAL DRIVING, RADIATOR RESERVOIR CRACKED DURING NORMAL DRIVING, LEAKING VERY HOT RADIATOR FLUID, CAUSING SMOKING, STOPPED VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE LIKE A ROCKET. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BURNS VEHICLE CRASHED INTO WALL. *AK THE CONSUMER RECEIVED BURNS ON RIGHT FROM BLACK POWDER UNKNOWN FROM WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM. HAND WAS NEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TC

FUEL TANK LEAKING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. NEEDED FUEL TANK AND LINES REPLACED. OVER $4,000 IN REPAIRS FOR A 2001? ASKED ABOUT RECALL ON FUEL TANKS TSB 165200.. SAID DOES NOT PERTAIN TO MY VEHICLE. WHATEVER?*AK

STEERING COLUMN BINDS WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING WITHIN SPECS. *NM

CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FUEL TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART BUT WAS UNABLE TO START. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THEN OFF. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE NEAR THE FRONT LEFT AREA. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING LOOSE IN THE FRONT END. *AK

THE CONSUMER PARKED AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED SMOKING COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONSUMER THEN RE-ENTER THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THIS RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER HAVING A CONTUSION, EYE ABRASION AND 2 DISC IN THEIR NECK. *MR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE, AND IT DID NOT NOT MOVE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC PLACED THE VEHICLE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

2001 BMW X5 4.4I V8 ENGINE HAS A DEFECTIVE OIL SEPARATOR. THIS DEVICE IS DESIGNED TO RELEASE INTERNAL ENGINE PRESSURE. IN COLD CLIMATES THE UNIT FREEZE'S UP AND DOES NOT RELEASE PRESSURE. THE RESULT IS THE ENGINE OIL COMES OUT THE TOP SIDE ENGINE OIL CAP AND/OR THE DIPSTICK. THIS CAUSES A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FIRE RISK AS WELL AS A COMPLETE ENGINE SIEZE CONDITION FROM LOSS OF OIL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO ME THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS -14 F AND IF MY FREIND DID NOT HAVE HIS VEHICLE CLOSE BY, MY FAMILY WOUILD HAVE FROZE.*AK