Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| SI-B-12-04-05 | 10/01/2008 | 10028370 | Bmw: check engine lamp illuminated and/or vehicle overheats. models e83, e85, e86, e70, e90, e91, e92, e93, e60 and e61. *pe | 03/26/2009 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - SOFTWARE | |||||
| SIB-12-07-06 | 10/01/2009 | 10032650 | Bmw: service engine soon lamp illuminated-fc 23f4 map thermostat. in some vehicles have insufficient heat. e90, e91 (3 series), e60, e61 (5 series) 3/06 and e83 (x3 series) 9/08. *pe | 04/23/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/14/2013 | 100000 | 1 | |
| I was driving the vehicle and turned on the driver side heated seat. i turned it on to the first setting which is the highest. after about 2 minutes i started to smell something burning. then i also felt my leg burning. the heated seat had heated up so much that it melted a small hole in the leather where my left outside thigh would touch the seat. i am unable to use the heated seat anymore because i am afraid of getting burned worse. *tr | |||
| 01/14/2013 | 100000 | ||
| I was driving the vehicle and turned on the driver side heated seat. i turned it on to the first setting which is the highest. after about 2 minutes i started to smell something burning. then i also felt my leg burning. the heated seat had heated up so much that it melted a small hole in the leather where my left outside thigh would touch the seat. i am unable to use the heated seat anymore because i am afraid of getting burned worse. | |||
| 12/05/2011 | 83869 | ||
| Seat warmer caught on fire! while parked in the driveway with the engine running, i turned on both manufacturer-installed front seat warmers (outside temp. 36 degrees farenheit) for my son and i. i felt a pinching on upper left thigh / buttock. thought it was a bug. shifted in the seat, and felt it again, more painful this time. lifted myself from the seat a bit to look at the seat and see what was poking or pinching me, saw smoke coming out of a new hole on the left side of the seat. looked through the hole, and saw flames and smelled burning. immediately, turned off the seat warmer, got out of the vehicle, reached over and turned off the vehicle. the seat smoldered for another couple of minutes. called my spouse to check if it was still smoldering, but it had stopped. took the vehicle to the dealer to get it checked out. | |||
| 11/19/2011 | 68000 | ||
| Heated drivers seat burned through leather and scorched drivers pants. | |||
| 12/05/2010 | 37000 | ||
| Heated seat caught fire, burning through thick leather upholstery. 2005 bmw x3, 36,000 miles. not repaired, out of warranty, bmw only willing to pay for half of replacement, consumer cost 700 dollars. | |||
| 11/02/2009 | 51000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 bmw x3. the contact stated the vehicle exhibited an electrical shortage and was taken to the dealer. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure but did advised that the sun roof exhibited a leak and would need to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the approximate failure and current mileages were 51,000 | |||
| 03/30/2010 | 39000 | ||
| I was in a unsafe area so i locked the doors an closed all the windows with my keys inside with me to wait for my husband to return. when he returned a few mintues later i could not open the car to let him in. i was locked inside my car with keys in hand. power windows would not open,sunroof would not open, door locks would not open. the car would not manually open even when tried on all doors many times using the 2 pull method. i could drive the car and drove to the dealer where i bought it at. they could not figure out how to unlock the car and they had me crawl to the back hatch to try to use a release but there was none. i had been in the car a few hours aat this point and began to feel panicked. at that point they had to break a window to get me out. the car is still at dealer and i was told they are looking into why and no response is yet as to why the manual unlock would not work when all the electric stopped working. i had paid for a extra warrenty on the car and it is currently covered. | |||