NHTSA Complaint #10137111 — 2005 BMW X5

I OWN A 2000 BMW X5 THAT COST APPROXIMATELY $62,000. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 27,593 MILES AND NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPAIRS TOTALLY OVER $8,000. I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO DRIVE THE CAR MADE A VERY LOUD HIGH PITCHED SCREECHING SOUND AND WOULD NO LONGER DRIVE. IT WAS TOWED INTO THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS BAD AND THIS CAUSED METAL SPLINES TO ENTER THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSFER CASE, DRIVE SHAFT, AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. THE WARRANTY COVERED "4 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES" AND I HAD EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF YEARS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE THE TERMS COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY, BUT THE IMPLICATION MADE BY THE WARRANTY IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE FOR AT LEAST 50,000 MILES. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT A $60,000+ VEHICLE CAN ONLY DRIVE 27,000 MILES WITHOUT A MAJOR FAILURE. BMV HAS OFFERED TO COVER 50% OF THE REPAIRS, WHICH WOULD LEAVE OVER $4,000 FOR ME TO COME UP WITH TO MAKE THE VEHICLE DRIVABLE. THIS REPAIR INCLUDES TWO "RE-MANUFACTURED" COMPONENTS: THE TRANS BOX, AND THE FINAL DRIVE. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE VEHICLE AND IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED BY NOT ONLY BMW BUT BY THE DEALERSHIP, CREVIER BMW, WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *NM