In May of 2021 a service message warning appeared stating, "Transmission secure vehicle with parking break when stopped.Consult service center" The parking break was engaged when this message appeared. I took the car to BMW of Rockville Maryland where i was told the message from the parking breaking was not being registered by the transmission thus i needed a new gear shift. My car the BMW x1 only had 32411 miles at the time. I had purchase the car in 11/2019. In all my years of driving cars up to 100,000 plus mile i have never had to replace a gear shifter. A car with such low miles should not have a gear shifter issue. This is a manufacture defect and a huge safety issue. My safety was put at risk and the general public the car could have rolled away while parked bc the car did not recognize it was in park. The car could have rolled with me causing me to run into someone, another car or a structure" The manufacture warranty had already expired and i had to pay 2400 to get this issue fixed. On the BMW forum on line there are plenty of other owners of this vehicle with this very same issue. I contacted BMW head quarters and they flat out refused to pay for the repair as a good faith repair. BMW should have recalled this model and corrected this gear shifter free of charge. From my understanding its a faulty or cheap spring that is the cause of this issue. This should not be the burden of the consumer. Its not safe and its not right that BMW knows this is an issue and has not recalled this vehicle to make this repair. BMW of rockville to my knowledge did not have the component inspected by the manufacture police or insurance representatives. Please see BMW forum on this issue. https://f48.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php"t=1598332&page=2 Thank You [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Frederick , MD, USA