NHTSA Complaint #11048198 — 2012 BMW X5

LAST SATURDAY 11/11/2017, WE AS A FAMILY (ME, MY WIFE AND MY 6 YEAR OLD CHILD), STARTED TO GO ON A 3 HOUR DRIVE FROM OUR HOME TO TELIMENA STATE PARK TO WATCH FOR THE FALL FOLIAGE COLORS THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL TELIMENA NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY IN ARKANSAS. IT IS PART OF A HUGE OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT WE ARE FIRST TIMERS AND WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE OUR T-MOBILE CELL PHONE SIGNALS WILL QUIT ON US. EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD UNTIL A POINT WHERE MY ENGINE ALMOST QUIT ON ME WITH A WARNING MESSAGE "ENGINE IS NOW WORKING AT A REDUCED SPEED AND ADVISED TO SEE NEAREST BMW DEALER", WE WERE ON A SPEED OF ABOUT 60MPH AND THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WAS EXTREMELY EXTREMELY SCARY AND TERRIFYING. WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC, WE BARELY MANAGED TO DIVERT A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND SHUT DOWN THE CAR. WE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE SUDDEN ENGINE QUITTING ON US ON A SPEEDY ROAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY LIFE THREATENING. WE DID NOT HAVE OUR CELL PHONE SIGNAL AND WE WERE STRANDED FOR SOME HELP FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE CHANCES DRIVING THIS CAR AND DO ANOTHER LIFE THREATENING EXPERIENCE. WE MANAGED TO GET SOME HELP AND GET OUT OF THERE. NEXT DAY WITH SOME HELP, I MANAGED TO DRIVE THE CAR SLOWLY BY MYSELF AND A FRIEND FOLLOWING ME. WE MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN BMW PLANO. RECENTLY I HAD A RECALL WORK DONE WITH BMW PLANO ON 10/30-11/1 FOR 3 ITEMS. FRONT AIRBAG, FRONT DRIVESHAFT, MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. YESTERDAY THEY RETURNED THE CAR MENTIONING THAT THE ISSUE IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO OTHER UNRELATED ITEMS. (1) CHARGE PIPE NEAR THROTTLE BODY IS CRACKED / TORN / LEAKED.. CHARGE PIPE CODES SEEN DURING SMOKE TESTING I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 30TH DEC 2016 WHEN THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR WAS AROUND 48000 MILES AND IT WAS WORKING FINE UP UNTIL THIS LIFE THREATENING AND TERRIFYING SITUATION NOW AT CURRENT MILEAGE OF 57000 MILES.