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The sliding sun visor on the panoramic sunroof has become detached from its frame on the passenger side. The sliding visor material now droops into cabin with possible obstruction of visibility to outside areas.
Yesterday (April 18, 2021), while I was exiting the expressway to the town of silverthorne, Colorado, the sunroof glass of my BMW X1 spontaneously shattered into my head and my wife's and of course all over the car. I was travelling about 50mph and slowing down to the exit ramp; there was no vehicle ahead of us. My wife and I sustained some small cuts and I feel like there is a sensation of a foreign object in my eyes that seems to go away and back again. No other injuries beyond that.
While driving I opened my sunroof shade cover and heard a crackling noise turned around and it was all bundled up. The cover ripped off on one side. The untimely failure of the shade blind left it sagging/hanging and blocking my view as the driver while operating the vehicle.
- Princeton, NJ, USA
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The panoramic sunshade is sagging on the passenger side. It has come off the track or roller. I've read that this is a very common problem with BMW, S and very expensive to have it repaired.
Sun shade mechanism will not open, causing the sun shade to tear. Seems that sun shade is off the track, or hung and will not allow for closure on this BMW
While driving, I opened the panoramic sunroof shade. One side bunched up and did not retract. After closing, one side of the shade is hanging down partially blocking the view.
The panoramic shade that shades the sunroof from the passengers is dipping down on one side. We have not drawn back this shade much but it has started to sag on right side because the adhesive that keeps it in place is useless. This is a common problem I've heard for the BMW X series.
I went to open my panoramic sunroof shade and it completely came off the track on one side. The vehicle was in park but turned on, as I was getting ready to leave for the day.
I departed my house and got onto the West park toll way. After driving for a few miles, I heard like an explosion. Under panic, I realized that the sunroof had shattered. I was traveling at about 65mph and no one was ahead of me or adjacent to me. There was a pickup truck behind me about safe following distance.
There is a musty sour smell coming from the air conditioning vents. I have replaced the cabin air filter and just serviced the whole ac system to no avail. Odor happens when vehicle is first started and goes away after approximately 5-8 minutes.
2016 BMW X1 new sav equipped with comfort access. Approached locked parked hatchback and depressed hatch exterior lock handle. Hatch opened to mid-height opening to allow 6 ft tall person to get into the trunk hatch area. Within approximately ten seconds, loud warning sound played while hatch started to automatically close. This was startling and unexpected. Tried to remove myself quickly from vehicle and was struck by closing tailgate. Suffered bleeding forehead gash and needed several stitches at the emergency room. Did not hit any buttons on the vehicle or the remote key. Also did not do any foot wiggle dance or kicking in proximity of rear bumper to activate closure of hatch tailgate (this feature is silly but I can appreciate it being utilized to open the hatch, but not to close it in any circumstance due to safety concerns). I was given an indirect impression after the incident that because the car was armed with the alarm system that perhaps it treated the opening of the hatch as an intrusion thereby closing itself. However I cannot substantiate this as I do not want to sacrifice further injury ). unclear of why this happened but in the interest of safety the auto closure should not physically occur unless a physical button is depressed. There are four such buttons on this vehicle: On the lower drivers door, two on the inside right hand edge of the tailgate, another on the remote key. I hope this notice will make other X1 users aware of this concern. I do hope the manufacturer will program or design a fix to address the concern. It is a problem and perhaps a hidden danger as one does not expected to be mamed or injured by their car in this manner. BMW NJ corporate was informed and suggested to work out a fix directly with the BMW dealer. Manufacturer should redesign features towards customer safety.
I believe that the exhaust tail pipes come out too far. I was getting something out of the rear of my X1 and burned my left leg on the left rear exhaust pipe. The car was parked on a neighborhood street and turned off at the time. However, I had just finished driving it.
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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA