NHTSA Complaint #10502731 — 2006 BMW 750I

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A DEAD BATTERY NUMEROUS TIMES WITH DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSING REAR TRUNK LOCK, THEN REAR DOOR HKLMODULE, THEN REENCODE VEHICLE,, BATTERY REPLACED TWICE, WAS NOT RETROFITTED CORRECTLY, REDONE, CONTINUED TO HAVE DEAD BATTERY REQUIRING JUMP STARTING, SUBMITTED CASE #29008954 TO REPLACE VEHICLE, DENIED. REPLACED DME AND PROGRAMMED VEHICLE, CAS,LM AND DME FAILED DURING PROGRAMMING. RESET BATTERY AND REPROGRAMMED UNTIL PASSED TEST. ON 8/23.2011 AGAIN CAR WOULD NOT START, JUMP STARTED WITH TRANSMISSION FAULT LIGHT ON...CALLED BMW AND THEY SAID TO DRIVE IN TO DEALERSHIP. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 75MPH, THE VEHICLE JOLTED AND FALTERED SO CALLING I PULLED OVER 6 LANES TO SIDE OF FWY TO CALL DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY TOWED IN. DIAGNOSED FOR 2-3 WEEKS AND RETURNED. PROBLEM WITH DEAD BATTERY HAS CONTINUED TO THIS DATE WHERE I KEEP A POWERFUL BATTERY CHARGER IN THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT START ON A PUBLIC STREET SO BMW SAID TO DRIVE IN TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND ARE NOW DIAGNOSING. INITIALLY CALLED AFTER 4 DAYS TO SAY IT WAS A BAD BATTERY WHICH IS NOT THE CASE AS IT IS EVIDENTLY AN ONGOING ELECTRICAL OR SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION DRAINING THE BATTERY. I HAVE REQUESTED THIS VEHICLE BE PURCHASED BACK BY BMW OR SOME RESOLUTION AS I NO LONGER TRUST OR FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOW WAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *TR