NHTSA Complaint #10351994 — 2008 BMW 335XI

BMW 3 SERIES AND ALSO OTHER SERIES WITH RUN FLAT TIRES HAVE AN ISSUE THAT WITH AN AVERAGE BUMP LIKE A MANHOLE COVER THE WHEEL WILL CRACK. I HAVE REPLACED 3 SO FAR ON MY WIFE'S 2008 335XI AT MY COST. AFTER RESEARCH I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH BMW DENYING IT WAS THE WHEEL. THE CAR ONLY HAS 35,000+/- MILES ON IT. WHEN BROUGHT IN DUE TO RAPID AIR LOSS BMW STATES IT WAS THE DRIVING CONDITIONS NOT THEIR WHEEL. I ACCEPTED THIS THE FIRST TIME BUT AFTER 3 WHEELS I FEEL THERE IS A MAJOR DESIGN OR MATERIAL DEFECT. IT SEEMS TO BE THE RUN FLAT STYLE TIRES. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE TIRES SO I SWITCHED FROM THE FACTORY TIRES TO A DIFFERENT BRAND BASED ON THE DEALERS RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE FIRST WHEEL CRACKED AND STILL HAVE HAD THE ISSUE TWO MORE TIMES. MY WIFE HAS AN OLDER MERCEDES THAT SHE DRIVES THE SAME WAY AND IT HAS THE SAME WHEELS FROM 2003. IT MUST BE THE WHEELS SUPPLIED BY BMW. *TR