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Most BMW V8 engines including my own (N62, N63) have know major flaws with valve stem seals and timing chains. These issues cause catastrophic damage to engines and emissions system. It is a major safety issue as well as environmental issue. Vehicles end up immobile on the highway or emitting excesive smoke and fumes into the atmosphere. BMW has had a class action lawsuit over this I dont believe thats enough. These vehicles need to be repaired
On a day-to-day basis my car would drive probly 80 miles in the city and when I'm on the highway the transmission will start slipping while going 65 miles an hour and almost come to a dead stop on the highway along with that the battery also draining all the time while driving and I have to charge the battery all the time.
Driving on the highway at speed limit of 55 mph and the drive train blew and when I was giving gas the car was not pulling... my cylinders are misfiring and the car shakes ridiculously bad
I was driving up I-5, in the third lane when all of a sudden I got a drivetrain malfunction message on my screen I noticed that all acceleration was lost and knew I must pull out of the road for at the speed allowed I was bound to get rear ended on a busy highway like this car in back of me began to honk as I signaled to be allowed move out the road cars proceeded to just go fast and almost got hit a couple times.
- Lakeport, CA, USA
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The issue began as I was driving North on the express way and the car stopped while going 50mph. It was raining that day and stated I had a drive train malfunction I thought my daughter and I were going to die. Since then I have had the car towed over 6 times and even what I thought was repaired after a $3400 bill from a certified mechanic. I was told it would cost 15K to repair. I currently still owe 15K on this car still. This is regarding a recall that BMW wants to charge me a $600 diagnostic fee for. This is before doing any work. However the campaign claims it is free.the recall bulletin went out in 2015 for cars 2009-2015. I was never notified of the of this recall I found out my self. My car has been towed over 4 times. One shop had it for 2 months and I was finally told that it needs the N63 customer care package. I decided to have it towed to reeves BMW. After the young lady at the reservation desk confirmed that the N63 was a courtesy. The service manager then tells me that they need to run an hour diagnostic which I agreed to for $179. Now I get a call that they need to run a $600 diagnostic. I have never heard of being charged for a diagnostic on a recall. When I looked up information on this, there have been many class action lawsuits on this issue. I am frustrated as I have already spent thousands of dollars on this vehicle and they will not honor the recall bulletin. On top of this, I was told I'd hear back on Monday, January 22nd. I never heard back. I explained to the service advisor that I travel for work and sometimes I am out of pocket. A storage fee. I have reached out to BMW North America and they told me to take it in to reeves. The car doesn't have over 80K miles on it and it has been giving me issues since it was purchased with only 29K miles. The car will die while in motion at any given moment.
My vehicle began stalling while stopped at traffic lights approximately once a week about 3 months ago. The vehicle would not restart until after sitting for at least 1 hour and would restart and run as if nothing happened. I had my mechanic inspect the vehicle and there were no codes to indicate the problem so he changed the low pressure fuel pump. The problem continued 1 week after pump replacement. My mechanic suggested I take the vehicle to a BMW dealership for inspection. I took the vehicle to BMW global imports in atlanta. Their mechanic suggested I change the battery and spark plugs. The rep said there were a lot of low voltage errors which may have caused the stalling. The vehicle never ran rough and and would always start except after stalling. So I changed the battery and the vehicle began stalling 1 hour after installation and the problem became more frequent. The original battery was tested and did not have any problems. The original battery was put back in the vehicle and now the vehicle will shut down in 1 hour. My original mechanic also attempted to re-flash or update all the computer software and it still stalls. The screen always displays "fuel system malfunction" when the error occurs. The problem only occurs when the vehicle is stopped. No one seems to know what the problem is and I have heard stories of other BMW owners with the same problem.
The contact owns a 2009 BMW 750I. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for a service campaign (B001314 - N63), but there was no permanent remedy for the condition. The vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic for further inspection and diagnostic testing. Months later, while driving at an unknown speed, the warning light flashed for a drivetrain malfunction, the vehicle drastically reduced speed and stalled. The vehicle was not able to be driven and was towed to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was not available.
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- National City, CA, USA