NHTSA Complaint #10471988 — 2006 BMW 750LI

FROM 2011-PRESENT, MY BMW 750 LI HAS BEEN SERVICED 3-4 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHILE BMW STATES THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR. ON ONE OCCASION, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS JUST PICKED FOLLOWING A TRANSMISSION SERVICE, I HAD TO CALL BMW ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO PICK UP APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES LATER TO PICK UP THE CAR AGAIN. WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM BMW, I STOPPED AT A LOCAL STORE AND ATTEMPTED TO PARK. AFTER BACKING UP, THEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE (IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN MY CAR IN THE PARKING SPACE) MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED AGAIN. I DID EVEN MAKE IT HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE THE CAR NEEDED TO BE SERVICED AGAIN. TODAY, IS AUGUST 23, 2012, AND MY CAR IS AGAIN AT BMW BEING SERVICED FOR THE SAME TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THIS CAR IS SO UNRELIABLE THAT I DON'T DRIVE IT MORE THAN AN HOUR FROM HOME NOR CAN I DEPEND ON IT BEING MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. MY CAR IS AT 64,446 MILES AND IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER TALKING TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN YESTERDAY, HE STATED THAT HE IS NOT SURE WHY THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR, OTHER THAN FINDING A BATTERY FAULT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BMW WOULD HAVE SUCH DIFFICULTY REPAIRING THEIR OWN VEHICLES. THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THIS VEHICLE AND UNSATISFACTORY WORK IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR