BMW 528i Complaints

833 consumer complaints on file.

#11301050January 22, 2020
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER, AIR BAGS, AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW 528I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED, THAT THE PASSENGER RESTRAIN SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED AND TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR MAT WAS DEACTIVATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V564000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 119,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300842January 21, 2020
POWER TRAIN
GUIRO JOINT CRACKED AND WORN AFTER 25000 MILES AS STATED BY DEALERSHIP (SOUTH SHORE BMW HINGHAM). THIS SEEMS SUSPICIOUS AS THE CAR IS GARAGED AND RARELY DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297388January 6, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW 528I. WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE WAS OPENED AND HE NOTICED WATER INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE WATER WAS SIPHONED FROM THE TRUNK WITH A PUMP. BMW OF COLUMBIA (LOCATED AT 250 KILLIAN COMMONS PARKWAY, COLUMBIA, SC 29203, (803) 404-5400) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11296863January 3, 2020
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION, AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WARNING ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING ON 12/29/2019. LOOKS LIKE IT'S COVERED BY THIS SERVICE BULLENTIN HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2014/SB-10056703-9690.PDF HOWEVER, AFTER CONTACTING BMW, BMW REFUSED TO COVER. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292369December 31, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE 95 HIGHWAY MY CAR SHOWED A FUEL SUPPLY ERROR THEN POWERED DOWN AND STOPED AND WOULDN'T RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO A HOTEL AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT STARTED WHILE THE TOW TRUCK LOADED IT TO TAKE TO THE DEALER. I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS AT THE TIME. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH MY KIDS. TOWED IT TO BMW AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS TO REPLACE MY BATTERY EVEN THOUGH I HAD A PERFECTLY GOOD BATTERY AND THE AND EVERYTHING REQUIRING A BATTERY WORKED LIKE RADIO, LIGHTS ETC. I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FROM THEM AND THE TECH DROVE THE CAR FOR 30 MILES. WITHIN 2 HOURS AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP MY CAR DID THE SAME THING WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP LIGHT. A DIAGRAM FLASHES ON THE CONSOLE AND THEN A MESSAGE ABOUT THE FUEL SUPPLY. I WAS ASSISTED BY CALLING 911 TO GET MY KIDS AND I TO SAFETY AND MY CAR OUT THE WAY. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL MODULE OR PUMP FOR MY YEAR AND MAKE BUT BMW CLAIMS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS IS DANGEROUS, PEOPLE CAN GET KILLED IF THE CARS ARE STALLING WHILE IN MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11289086December 14, 2019
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER, AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION, AIR BAGS
FAULT IN PASSENGER-RESTRAINT SYSTEM AFFECTING AIRBAG, BELT TENSIONER OR BELT-FORCE LIMITER. THIS STARTED HAPPENING A YEAR AGO AFTER VISITING DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE. I CANNOT HAVE PASSENGER NEXT TO ME BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF MALFUNCTION IN AIRBAG SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11282547November 26, 2019
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BMW 528I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED FIVE YEARS AGO. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE A CODE READER TO DIAGNOSE THE DEFECT, BUT NO CODE WAS DISCOVERED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11281799November 22, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING MY CERTIFIED 2012 BMW 528I, WHICH HAS AN N20 ENGINE, THE "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION, MAXIMUM OUTPUT NO LONGER AVAILABLE, DRIVE MODERATELY" WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASH AND ALERTED ME THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE ALERT SIGNALING MY ATTENTION, I WAS DRIVING ON A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED HIGHWAY WITH SPEED LIMITS RANGING FROM 35 MPH TO 60 MPH. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES / 13 MILES TO MY DESTINATION BEFORE THE "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" INDICATOR LIGHT ALERTED ME. LUCKILY, I WAS NEAR A DRIVEWAY TO PULL OFF INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED. AS SOON AS THE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED MY CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO IDLE ROUGHLY, AND MY ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING STALL AND MOMENTS FOLLOWING THE "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" ALERT, AN OIL LIGHT ALSO ALERTED ME ON MY DASH. MY CAR IS UP TO DATE ON ALL REQUIRED SERVICES. I HAVE SERVICED MY VEHICLE AT MY LOCAL BMW DEALERSHIP. AT ALL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS I REQUESTED CURRENT BULLETINS. MY VEHICLE HAD NO KNOWN PROBLEMS, OR WARNING INDICATORS OR ALERTS THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF. WHEN I SAFELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT MY CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, WOULD NOT RESTART, AND LOCKED UP. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ALERTS. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THAT THE TIMING AND OIL PUMP CHAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATE WOULD BE 13,651 + TAX. AFTER RESEARCHING SEVERAL ONLINE BULLETINS, BMW FORUMS AND NEWS ARTICLES, THE "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHER BMW CUSTOMERS, AND BMW NORTH AMERICA ISWAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAZARD. EXPERIENCING THIS MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE POSED A RISK TO MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGER SINCE THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11280278November 15, 2019
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND A DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WAS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TOWED MY VEHICLE TO THE CLOSEST CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP. AFTER THE REPAIR RAN THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THEY INFORMED ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE IT HAD SEIZED. THEY ALSO QUOTED ME AT $9,900 FOR A NEW ENGINE. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11279842November 13, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BMW 528I. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN BMW DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11277747November 3, 2019
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY BMW STARTED SHAKING AND WHEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND OPENED MY HOOD THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11270653October 24, 2019
ENGINE
DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED AND CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. REPLACED AIR PUMP TO CONTROL ENGINE VACUUM, MADE CAR DRIVEABLE, COST $1200. DID NOT STOP DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION ERROR MESSAGE FROM COMING ON. TOOK CAR IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND HAD THEM LOOK AT THE ISSUE. TIMING CHAIN IS ABOUT TO GO OUT. CAR IS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN THE TIMING CHAIN WILL COMPLETELY FAIL. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE TO SEE IF IT IS COMMON AND FOUND OUT IT'S EXTREMELY COMMON WITH THE N20 ENGINES. THE ERROR MESSAGE COMES ON EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE MY CAR, AND IT HAS AFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11268233October 14, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
PRE MATURE TIMING CHAIN AND VANOS FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11267213October 9, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THERE ARE A FEW RECALLS FOR MY CAR BUT WEN I PUT IN MY VIN TO SEARCH ,IT SAYS 0 RECALLS BUT I SEEN ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY RECALLS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11266641October 6, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR SMELLS AS FUEL IS LEAKING AND THE HEADLIGHTS BLINK IN AND OUT... MY TRUNK STOP OPENING WITH KEY FOB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265511October 1, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
OIL LEAKS ENGINE COMPARTMENT (ALL OVER) GASKETS, OIL FILTER HOUSING , BOTTOM OF ENGINE AND BAD SMELL ENTERS TO DRIVER COMPARTMENT EVEN IT IS ON INSIDE CIRCULATION( OIL BURN SMELLS,ETC FROM ENGINE DEPT)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255209September 12, 2019
AIR BAGS
TAKATA INFLATORS: MY NEPHEW WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH THE DOOR AIRBAG AND THE CURTAIN AIRBAG EXPLODED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11242402August 7, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
CAR STALLS, AND A BUNCH OF MALFUNCTIONS ARISE, ULTIMATELY LEAVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11242305August 7, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 BMW 528I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW SECONDS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 129,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11240170July 28, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE INSULATON OF THE WIRING TO BOTH MY HEADLIGHT AND PARKING LIGHT LAMPS IS FLAKING OFF IN SMALL AND LARGE PIECES LEAVING THE COPPER WIRING EXPOSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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