2005 BMW X5 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUTTER AND THEN IT SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CRANKCASE VENT/OIL SEPARATOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED HER A DISCOUNT ON THE PARTS AND FOR THE LABOR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. UPDATED 03/28/12*LJ UPDATED 05/10/12

I HAVE A 2005 BMW X5 4.4 AUTO.TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE , IT TAKES AT LEAST 10 SECONDS TO GO INTO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR AND WILL SHIFT LATE AND BANG HARD. OCCURS ALL THE TIME RESULTING IN ALMOST GETTING HIT BY OTHER CARS BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO GO IN GEAR. MANY OTHER 2005 BMW X5 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED. DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THAT I DO NOT HAVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 BMW X5 4.4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE POWER ASSIST FOR THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THEY WERE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY SINCE HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE VOLUNTARY MANUFACTURERS RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,976 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE OIL SEPARATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000. UPDATED 02/10/11 *BF UPDATED 04/21/11

FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS WHILE DRIVING AND USING THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER MY WIFE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE HEAT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT. ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WHILE DRIVING SHE EXPERIENCED A VERY PAINFUL BURNING SENSATION ON HER LEFT LEG AND COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING IN THE VEHICLE. SHE SHUTOFF THE SEAT HEATER AND APPLIED A SCARF UNDER HER LEG TO STOP THE BURNING SENSATION. UPON NOTIFYING THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY DEALING WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT SO HE COULD GIVE HER A QUOTE RIGHT AWAY. WHILE AT WORK THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS TALKING WITH A CUSTOMER AND HE SAID HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT COST TO MUCH TO REPLACE THE SEAT. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE THE SERVICE EMPLOYEE ADVISED THAT HE HAD ALSO SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THAT IT WAS FROM WEAR AND TEAR. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR INSURANCE COVERED THIS EXCEPT FOR $50 AS THE VEHICLE IS A VERY LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE. IT HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN BY MY WIFE WHO IS A SMALL FEMALE ABOUT 130 LBS. THE VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO WEAR AND TEAR AND IS SERVICED REGULARLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN DIGITAL PHOTOS WHICH I CAN PROVIDE THAT WILL SHOW THERE IS NO WEAR OR TEAR ON THE SEAT IN THE BURNED/MELTED AREA. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM AND IS BEING BRUSHED OFF AS "WEAR AND TEAR". THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MY WIFE BEING INJURED BY BURNING OR BEING DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING AND ENDING UP IN AN ACCIDENT.

BMW'S HIGH INSTANCES OF "HARD 2-1 DOWNSHIFT" AS THEY CALL IT. MANY MODELS OF BMW'S EXPERIENCE A FEELING OF BEING REAR ENDED WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP AND THEN ASKING FOR AN ACCELERATION. ALSO DESCRIBED AS "SLIP AND SLAM" BY MANY PEOPLE, THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THE MORE YOU DRIVE LEADING UP TO EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE. BMW IS OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE A NAME FOR IT, BUT GETTING A DEALERSHIP TO ADMIT TO A PROBLEM, LET ALONE FIX IT IS ANOTHER STORY. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP TO BE "REPROGRAMMED" AT A COST OF $180.00, BUT THE TECHNICIAN FLAT OUT TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND MAYBE I COULD JUST LIVE WITH IT. THIS IS NOT AN OPTION, AS EVERY TIME THIS EVENT HAPPENS MY 4 AND 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS ASSUME WE HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND START PANICKING, NOT TO MENTION THE BONK ON THE HEAD AND STRAIN ON THEIR NECKS FROM THE JOLT. MY CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THEY WILL GLADLY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT MY COST AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM POSSIBLY INVOLVING MANY HUNDREDS OF CARS AND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING CLAIMS OF WHIPLASH CAN BE FOUND ON CHAT BOARDS SUCH AS EDMUNDS.COM, XOUTPOST.COM AND BIMMERFEST.COM...OR JUST TYPE IN BMW FEELS LIKE BEING REAR ENDED...AND IT WILL ALL COME UP. HOPEFULLY ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A COMPLAINT AS WELL SO THAT SOMETHING CAN FINALLY BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, SEEING AS HOW BMW REFUSES TO FIX IT THEMSELVES. *TR

THE PANORAMIC ROOF ON MY 2005 X5 BMW STUCK IN THE VENT POSITION. THE REAR GLASS WOULD NOT RETRACT. MY BMW DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE COMPLETE CASSETTE NEEDED TO BE REPLACES AT A COST OF OVER $5,000.00. FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH REPAIR PEOPLE I AM LED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR BOTH THE X5 AND THE X3. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BMW HAS THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REPAIR KITS SO THAT THE VEHICLES WHICH ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY CAN BE REPAIRED FOR THE LOWEST COST TO BMW. I SUGGEST THAT BMW KNOWS THIS IS A RELIABILITY PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM ONCE THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY EXPIRES. *TR

2005 BMW X5 4.4 HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR SEEMS TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING THEN VIOLENTLY LURCHES FORWARD. THE SENSATION AND SOUND GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE JUST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 50 TIMES OVER THE 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CAR. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BMW AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS CLAIM THEY CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH, THE TWO FRONT WHEELS LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000.

2005 BMW X5 - PASSENGER SEAT HEATER HEATED UP EXCESSIVELY TO THE POINT OF BURNING A HOLE THROUGH THE BACK OF SEAT. NOTICED A BURNING SMELL OF LEATHER AND THEN DISCOVERED HOLE BURNED THROUGH. PASSENGER ALSO FELT EXCESSIVE HEAT ON BACK BY LEFT SHOULDER. REPORTED THIS TO BMW AND THEY MADE NO OFFER TO FIX. COST TO REPAIR THIS IS $1750.00. THE CONCERN I HAVE IS WHEN I RESELL THIS CAR TO SOMEONE ELSE IF NOT FIXED COULD CAUSE A FIRE IN THE FUTURE. *TR