Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 07/01/2011 | 72000 | ||
| I own a 2007 bmw 550i sport. i ran over a raised road marker while in atlanta and rupured the side walls of both left side tires, while also bending the factory 18 rims. in my judgement the contact was not significant enough to cause the damage that occurred. once i had the tires removed i noticed that the inside portion of each rear tire was worn down to the metal mesh imbedded in the tire. the outter portion of the tires showed at least another 10k miles on them. this was/is very disconcerting and alarming to me. i see it as a design flaw, and a significant safety concern. one should not have to have their car lifted into the air every 3-6k miles to inspect for this issue. this is a $60k + automobile. while exteremely satisfied with some aspects of the vehicle, and satisfied with others, this is a deal breaker for me. if i ever recommend a bmw 550i to anyone, it will be with the caveat of be careful when it comes to the factory wheels and any type of tire that you mount on it because of the ongoing rear alignment issues. i had the same exact problems with an otherwise great 99' 525i sport. the realignment wore out 2 michelin pilot sports/rear in less than 10k miles. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | |||
| I have a 2007 550i that i bought in 2009. i several problems with the wheels, all of them are some what bent, but the rear left wheel is cracked. there have been several issues with many bmw owners regarding bent rims. i suspect there is an issue, as wheels don't just have hairlines, straight cracks on the inside wall without some sort of bend in the wheel. even the tire guy, where i bought my tires, said it looks a little suspisious. this crack is about 1 inch long on the rim endge | |||
| 07/01/2011 | 72000 | ||
| I own a 2007 bmw 550i sport. i ran over a raised road marker while in atlanta and rupured the side walls of both left side tires, while also bending the factory 18 rims. in my judgement the contact was not significant enough to cause the damage that occurred. once i had the tires removed i noticed that the inside portion of each rear tire was worn down to the metal mesh imbedded in the tire. the outter portion of the tires showed at least another 10k miles on them. this was/is very disconcerting and alarming to me. i see it as a design flaw, and a significant safety concern. one should not have to have their car lifted into the air every 3-6k miles to inspect for this issue. this is a $60k + automobile. while exteremely satisfied with some aspects of the vehicle, and satisfied with others, this is a deal breaker for me. if i ever recommend a bmw 550i to anyone, it will be with the caveat of be careful when it comes to the factory wheels and any type of tire that you mount on it because of the ongoing rear alignment issues. i had the same exact problems with an otherwise great 99' 525i sport. the realignment wore out 2 michelin pilot sports/rear in less than 10k miles. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | |||
| I have a 2007 550i that i bought in 2009. i several problems with the wheels, all of them are some what bent, but the rear left wheel is cracked. there have been several issues with many bmw owners regarding bent rims. i suspect there is an issue, as wheels don't just have hairlines, straight cracks on the inside wall without some sort of bend in the wheel. even the tire guy, where i bought my tires, said it looks a little suspisious. this crack is about 1 inch long on the rim endge | |||
| 10/15/2009 | 38000 | ||
| Have had this bmw 550i for about 2 years, and in that time i've had 3 bent wheels and one cracked wheel. i have cars with similar, aluminum alloy rims and lower profile tires on them - and have not bent or cracked a wheel on the other cars. the rear wheel cracked, but it was along the inner edge - and was not noticed. the only reason it was checked was because the tire kept leaking air. luckily it was caught before the wheel cracked even more (it cracked for about 1 long from the rim edge to just past the tire bead). | |||