BMW 535i Complaints (2015)

23 consumer complaints on file.

• #11282069November 24, 2019
  SUSPENSION

  RIGHT REAR DIFFERENTIAL BUSHING STRESS CRACKING. DEALER REP STATED THAT THIS IS COMMON ON BMW 5, 6 AND 7 SERIES CARS DUE TO WEIGHT OF CARS. FAILURE COULD MAKE CAR UNSTABLE AND AFFECT HANDLING AND CONTROL. NOTED BY DEALER DURING SERVICING.

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• #11210462May 28, 2019
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MY 2015 BMW 535I XDRIVE WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES HAD THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR STOP WORKING. IF YOU TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR (ONCE THE CAR WAS IN PARK, OR TURNED OFF) AND THE LOCK BUTTON WOULD COME UP AND GO BACK DOWN BUT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE DOOR TO UNLOCK WAS TO PUSH THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE CENTER CONSOLE. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF BMW'S AND OVER QUITE A FEW YEARS AND HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. THIS COULD BE A DEADLY ISSUE. IF SOMEONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE DRIVER WAS INCAPACITATED AND THE PASSENGER DID KNOW WHERE THE DOOR LOCK BUTTON WAS ON THAT CAR. THEY WOULD BE STUCK. I AM NOW AT A LITTLE OVER 55K MILES AND NOT THE ACTUATOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS NOW GOING OUT. I HAVE SEEN ON MULTIPLE BMW FORUMS PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

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  0

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• #11175100February 7, 2019
  ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  DRIVING AT 50MPH WITH ACTIVE CRUISE ACTIVATED. VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS SLOWING DOWN. I APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES FREEZE AND LOCK UP. I HAD TO OVERPOWER THE BRAKES AND TRAVELLED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. CAR TOWED TO DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE STABILITY CONTROL MODULE AND THE DAMAGED BRAKES AND SAID THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I FOLLOWED UP WITH BMW HEADQUARTERS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AS TO HOW A VEHICLE CAN HAVE BRAKE LOCK UP AS A FAIL SAFE CONDITION OF THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM. NO SATISFACTORY ANSWERS.THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE DEFECTIVE UNIT FOR ANALYSIS OF SUCH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE THIS FAILURE MODE IS LIKELY HAPPENING TO ANOTHER BMW VEHICLES AND BMW REFUSES TO PROVIDE INFO.

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