2010 BMW X5 SAV Complaints

WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 100 KM / H WHEN THREE HIGH POP ARRIVAL. WENT OUT TO EDGE. THERE WAS OIL ON THE ROAD. I GOT A TOW TRUCK AND MOVED THE CAR TO THE WORKSHOP. IT FOUND THAT OUT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD GIVEN HIM. IT ENTERED AND BROKE THE OIL PAN OF THE MACHINE. I'VE SEEN MANY POSTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. BUT I SEE MANY BMW OWNERS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE RECEIVED THIS REPAIR OF BMW. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR.

BMW X5 DIESEL. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A WEEK. BMW WILL NOT REPLACE A PART THAT WAS PART OF A VOLUNTARY RECALL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. SCR METERING VALVE - SERVICE ACTION: REPLACE THE SELECTIVE CATALYST REDUCTION (SCR) METERING UNIT. SI B18 04 12 EXHAUST SYSTEMS

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY BMW X5 HAS LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. IT HAS HAPPENED AFTER DRIVING A FEW HOURS. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM LIGHT WENT ON. OUR CAR HAS NOW BEEN AT THE FRESNO BMW DEALERSHIP FOR ONE MONTH. NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED AND WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY INFORMATION FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

2010 BMW X5 DIESEL SERVICE DATE SERVICE ISSUE 7/5/10 PROGRAMMING CONTROL UNITS REPLACING CHARGE-AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR 7/24/12 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON 10/10/12 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON - CAR FAILED SUNOCO EMISSIONS INSPECTION 3X. BROUGHT THE CAR TO BMW TO FIGURE OUT WHY. BMW STERLING PASSED IT. NO REASON ANSWER PROVIDED FOR EMISSIONS FAILURE 1/11/13 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 2/5/13 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 8/21/13 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 11/28/14 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON 1/28/15 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SERVICE BULLETINS AND VOLUNTARY RECALLS: ONE IN PARTICULAR: SI B18 05 12 EXHAUST SYSTEMS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER 10045284 AND 10054008. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SB'S THAT RELATE, AS WELL. EGR, SCR CATS, O2 SENSORS, AIRFLOW,CHARGE AIR TEMP, INTAKE TEMP SENSOR, SOFTWARE, ETC, ETC...ALL OF IT CENTERS AROUND THE CONTROL AND BALANCE OF EMISSIONS CONTROL. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IGNORED BY BMW, FOR FAR TOO LONG. JAN. 2014 REPAIRS: 1. PERFORM CARBON CLEANING AND REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD 2. CARBON SCRAPE, EGR AND MANIFOLD R&R (2ND TIME EGR REPLACED) 4. BM11-12-7-796-378 PROFILE-GASKET 5. BM13-53-7-794-553 O-RING 6. BM13-53-7-787-236 O-RING 7. BM13-53-2-247-156 GASKET RING 8. BM11-61-8-519-140 INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH 9. BM11-71-8-517-217 EGR-VALVE 10. INJECTORS 11. CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND NOX SENSORS WERE NOT REPLACED AT THIS TIME, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. APRIL 2014 CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED NOW. NOX SENSORS ARE NOT FAILING, BUT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDERPERFORMING. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REPLACED ONCE. *TR

I HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MY 2010 BMW X5 35D BREAKDOWN. IT SAID THE CHARGING MALFUNCTION ON THE SCREEN. POWER STEERING WAS LOST. WHEEL STEER WAS HARD TO MANEUVER. HARD TO MOVE. I ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT. THE BATTERY DIED. EVERYTHING JUST NOT FUNCTION BC OF LOST IN POWER STEERING. WHEN I TOWED MY CAR TO BMW MANHATTAN, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY BMW X5 35 D. SHE TOLD ME THE DEALER WOULD CHARGE ME ABOUT $900 TO REPLACE PULLEY BELT BOLT AND BATTERY AND ETC . I TOLD HER IT'S ONE OF RECALL. AFTER THAT THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT SHE WILL CALL ME BACK ON THAT WHICH SHE NEVER DID, MY CAR WAS STILL AT BMW MANHATTAN. IT'S BEEN A WEEK IN THE DEALER. I'M STILL WAITING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPEN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND I RECEIVED AN OVERHEATING SIGNAL ON THE DASH. I TURN CAR OFF AND LET IT COOL OFF BUT UT DID NOT WOKRD. I KEPT HAVING THE SAME OVERHEATING ISSUED. I NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL BUT BMW X5 2010 TO 2011 FOR THE SAME ISSUED OF THE WATER PUMP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DO NOT WANT TO FIX IT STATING MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I ARGUED THAT IS THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING HEY CAN DO. I CALLED BMW OF AMERICA AND STATED THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NO HELP. MY CONCERN IS IF THOSE 2010 TO 2011 BMW X5 ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, WHY IS MINE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WHEN IS HAS BEEN CLEARLY DIAGNOTIC BY BMW THAT THE WATER PUMP IS THE PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE LOST STEERING CONTROL. ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 12 I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN STEERING BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND EXTREMELY STIFF. I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WITH FULL FORCE IN MY BODY TO AVOID HITTING THE POLE AND AND BARELY MISSED HITTING THE STREET LIGHT POLE. THIS INCIDENT SHAKED ME FOR A WHILE. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DETERMINED AND FOUND THAT ALTERNATOR BOLT FROM RECALL 11 11 12 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V550000) HAD SNAPPED CAUSING BELT TO COME OFF AS WELL AS TENSION-ER. IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR ME THAT A 60 GRAND LUXURY VEHICLE BECAME A LIFE THREATENING HAZARD. AND EVEN AFTER THE SAFETY RE-CALL, IT'S A BIG HAZARD.I HAD CALLED CUSTOMER RELATIONS OF BMW ABOUT THIS AND APPARENTLY THEY TOOK IT VERY LIGHTLY. *TR

MY BMW 2010 X5 DIESEL CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA AFTER ONLY A FEW MINUTES AFTER DRIVING CAR. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE SEEMED TO ORIGINATE UNDER THE CENTER CONSOLE CARGO AREA AS A HOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE QUARTER WAS BURNED UP THOUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE CARGO AREA. THE INITIAL INDICATOR OF THE PROBLEM INCLUDED SMOKE COMING THROUGH VENTS. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OCCURRED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE CAR AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PUT IT IN PARK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE CARGO AREA. THE CAR WAS VERY GOOD SHAPE OTHERWISE WITH NO PROBLEMS AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

PARK DISTANCE CONTROL ISSUE. UPON SELECTION OF REVERSE, PARK DISTANCE CONTROL (PDC) SEEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, GIVING CORRECT VISUAL AND AUDIBLE ALERTS TO OBJECTS. UPON TRANSITION TO DRIVE, HOWEVER, PDC MALFUNCTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: 1) VISUAL ALERT ON CONTROL DISPLAY INDICATES IN RED, ALERTING ME TO AN OBJECT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, EVEN WHEN NO OBJECT IN NEAR 2) CONTINUOUS AUDIBLE TONE CORRESPONDING TO RED DISPLAY. THIS CONTINUOUS TONE/ALERT IS DISPLAYED FOR UP TO 20 SECONDS, UPON WHICH TIME BOTH INDICATIONS CEASE. *TR