2008 BMW X5 Complaints

WARNING CAME ENGINE OVERHEATING STOP AND CALL DEALER.COOLING FAN BLOWING AT FULL SPEED AS IF PLANE HAS STARTED. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED WATER PUMP FAILURE AND TOLD AFTER 5 YEARS MAJORITY OF THESE CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND HE HAS REPAIRED MANY OF THEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE SHAKES, RUNS ROUGH AND TURNS ITSELF OFF WHEN BRAKING/STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO BMW NAPLES AND ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP. THEY REQUESTED I HAVE A TUNE UP AND REPLACE TWO SENSORS WHICH I HAVE DONE. THOUSAND OF DOLLARS LATER AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND FOUND OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR BMW X5. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE MESSAGE 'ENGINE TEMPERATURE HIGH, DRIVE SLOWLY TO COOL THE ENGINE' AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY PUMP FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

BMW PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG/SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAS A MALFUNCTION. THE SYSTEM SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT AND/OR AIRBAG RESTRAINT SYSTEM OR SEATBELT OR BELT TENSIONERS. THERE IS A RED LIGHT ON THE DASH INDICATING FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM. THIS LIGHT COMES AND GOES. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT COMES ON EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT. I'VE GOOGLED THIS AND IT SEEMS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE AIRBAG IS REALLY EFFECTED OR IF IT IS A SENSOR MALFUNCTION. I SEE THERE ARE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS LISTED HERE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

A BRAKE LAMP MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH BOARD FOR THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT, THE MECHANIC OPENED THE PANEL TO REPLACE THE BULBS BUT FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT HOUSING WAS BURNED AND MELTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER LOOKING OVER OTHER LIGHTENING COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2008 BMW X5 AND A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. IT IS ALSO EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE, MY MECHANIC IS QUOTING OVER $600 FOR ONE SIDE AND I FEAR I WILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE OTHER SIDE. THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY BMW BEFORE THERE ARE ANY FIRES AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE TAIL LIGHT HOUSING. *JS

THE LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE IS CREATING A POSSIBLE CONTROL ISSUE IF IT FAILS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. IT DEFLATES AT NIGHT WHEN NOT IN USE BUT IF IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING THEN IS THE QUESTION OF SAFETY. *TR

I HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT UNDER 10586821 DUE TO THE RADIATOR BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THAT THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REASON THAT RADIATOR WENT OUT WAS BECAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE WATER PUMP WHICH I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE. I WAS TOLD TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT ONCE RECEIVED BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE MAIL. BMW KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO FIX IT. ALSO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER A YEAR. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE AND HAVE THE AIRBAGS AND SENSORS REPLACE. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE FOR SAFETY BUT IT'S MALFUNCTIONING. THEREFORE I HAVE AIRBAGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO PROTECT ANYONE IN THE COURSE OF AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM WITH BMW. THIS IS NOT AN AGE OF CAR ITEM BECAUSE I HAD LESS THAN 40,000 MILES WHEN THE INDICATOR CAME ON. *TR

MY SON LEAN FORWARD AND TURNED LEFT TO GRAB AN ITEM FROM MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE PASSENGER SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON. NOW IT COMES ON CONTINUOUSLY WHEN A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER MOVES SLIGHTLY. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND NOTED THAT RECALL HAS BEEN DONE FOR NUMEROUS BMW CARS, BUT JUST NOT MY YEAR MODEL. I BELIEVE THIS IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT MY VEHICLE SIMPLY SHUT OFF IN POST GAME RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE THAT ME AND MY SON WERE NOT HARMED AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MUSCLE TO CAR OFF THE ROAD. THIS CAR HAD 66,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND ACCORDING TO BMW, AFTER MY CALL, WAS NOT PART OF THE 2008 X5'S VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THIS MODEL YEAR WITH NORMALLY ASPIRATED IN-LINE 6 CYLINDER ENGINES TO REPLACE THE LOW- PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS. INTERESTINGLY, IN THE BMW PRESS RELEASE DATED OCTOBER 26, 2010 - 1130 AM EDT THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NOTIFIED THE NTSBA THAT THESE PUMPS FAIL ON MY MAKE AND MODEL OF WHICH THEY RECALLED 20,800 CARS, THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING AND THE DRIVER WILL LOSE POWER ASSIST FOR THE STEERING AND BRAKES. WOW, AT 50 MPH ON A SUPER HIGHWAY THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-78 EAST IN PENNSYLVANIA, APPROACHING EXIT 59, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR JERKED AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE. AT THAT TIME MY SPEED WAS 40 MPH. THAT PART OF THE INTERSTATE IS PRETTY MUCH UPHILL, THAT'S WHY I WAS DRIVING AT A REDUCED SPEED. WHEN I PRESSED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL A LITTLE MORE THAT'S WHEN THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT APPEARED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD A NEW TRANSMISSION WILL COST ME $7,776.45 EXCLUDING LABOR AND TAXES. IT'S BAFFLING THAT AN X5 WITH 73K MILES WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION THAT SOON. *TR