Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 50056 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 bmw 535xi. the contact stated that while driving at unknown speeds, the engine high temperature warning message appeared and the vehicle lost acceleration power. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the contact was informed that the auxiliary water pump had failed. the contact was also informed that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 11v521000 (engine and engine cooling). the failure and current mileages were 50,056. | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 50056 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 bmw 535xi. the contact stated that while driving at unknown speeds, the engine high temperature warning message appeared and the vehicle lost acceleration power. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the contact was informed that the auxiliary water pump had failed. the contact was also informed that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 11v521000 (engine and engine cooling). the failure and current mileages were 50,056. mah | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 50056 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 bmw 535xi. the contact stated that the instrument mileage illuminated and had a message stating the vehicle was overheating and the driver should exit the vehicle immediately. the contact stated that the vehicle started loosing power when the failure occurred. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and the contact was told the electric auxillary water pump had failed. the contact was told that the was a nhtsa recall campaign id number: 11v521000 (engine and engine cooling), but that the vehicle was not included. the failure mileage and current mileages were 50,056.rl | |||
| 09/16/2012 | 52000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 bmw 535xi (n/a). the contact was traveling 50 mph when the vehicle stalled without warning. the contact took the vehicle to a mechanic and was told that the high pressure fuel pump failed. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the failure was caused by the low pressure fuel sensor. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and the current mileages were 52,000. kmj ## vin passed ## bmw 535xi 2010 ## | |||
| 08/18/2012 | 46802 | 1 | |
| I own a 2008 bmw 535xi. only months after the bumper-to-bumper factory warranty expired, the water pump failed. a car is rendered inoperable without this critical component. because of this failure, i was left stranded on the side of a major highway, with my wife and kids in the car, unable to drive the car to the nearest exist. the water pump failed immediately and completely with little-to-no warning. i was extremely surprised and disappointed that the original bmw water pump could not even last for 50,000 miles. how could this be? what type of bmw quality checks was this critical component subjected to? i have also heard that this failure is not uncommon for my model vehicle. it's a known issue. wow! most other vehicles have water pumps lasting over 100,000 miles and well beyond. given the critically of this potential premature component failure, why hasn't bmw issued a recall? after being left stranded on the side of the highway and out more than $1,200 for the repair (plus towing), i am left with a much lower opinion of bmw quality and safety. *tr | |||
| 08/18/2012 | 46802 | ||
| I own a 2008 bmw 535xi. only months after the bumper-to-bumper factory warranty expired, the water pump failed. a car is rendered inoperable without this critical component. because of this failure, i was left stranded on the side of a major highway, with my wife and kids in the car, unable to drive the car to the nearest exist. the water pump failed immediately and completely with little-to-no warning. i was extremely surprised and disappointed that the original bmw water pump could not even last for 50,000 miles. how could this be? what type of bmw quality checks was this critical component subjected to? i have also heard that this failure is not uncommon for my model vehicle. it's a known issue. wow! most other vehicles have water pumps lasting over 100,000 miles and well beyond. given the critically of this potential premature component failure, why hasn't bmw issued a recall? after being left stranded on the side of the highway and out more than $1,200 for the repair (plus towing), i am left with a much lower opinion of bmw quality and safety. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 06/27/2012 | 32000 | 1 | |
| A cooler leaked in the trunk of my wagon and under the floor there lies exposed unprotected highly valuable electronics, which shorted out my car and created a serious safety issue with the electronically controlled shocks amongst other important sysytems, my dealer says he has seen many of these and clearly there are many people on the web that have had a similar problem, the next year according to bmw this extremely dumb design was changed. clearly the trunk should be a place to put items that may be wet [fishing tackle, scuba, snow boots, skiis, coolers, milk and groceries....] and one should not be penalized a $1700 dollar bill everytime something spills. my dealer replaced the malfunctioning electronics then covered the electronics in plastic but this is clearly a jury-rigged fix. please help! *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 02/21/2012 | 1 | 07/31/2010 | |
| Consumer writes in regards unresolved fire safety issues with a 2008 bmw 535xi *tgw the consumer stated on feb 14, 2012, the battery was replaced. however, six days later, a spark of fire and ball of smoke occurred as the consumer was driving. the dealer informed the consumer the alternator was faulty and needed to be replaced. an inspection also revealed an oil leak. *jb | |||