NHTSA Complaint #11350396 — 2013 BMW X3

I HAD 86,000 MILES ON MY CAR. ENGINE FAILED WHILE I WAS VACATIONING 700 MILES FROM HOME, STRANDING ME. WARNING :"DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION" LIGHT CAME ON, THOUGH CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY WELL. WHEN "STOP NOW TO PREVENT ENGINE DAMAGE" LIGHT APPEARED, I WAS FORTUNATELY GOING 25 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT AND MY CAR NEVER RAN AGAIN. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS WAS "TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED", NEW ENGINE NEEDED. THE $13,000 REPAIR COST WAS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE CAR, SO I WAS FORCED TO SELL IT FOR $3,000 TO THE FIRST PERSON INTERESTED, SINCE I WAS NOT NEAR THE CAR AND DID NOT WANT TO INVEST IN A NEW ENGINE, SINCE I HAD ALREADY INCURRED THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS WITHIN THE PRIOR YEAR. THIS CAR IS TERRIBLE! I WISH I HAD READ ALL THE TERRIBLE REVIEWS BEFORE I WAS CONNED INTO PURCHASING IT.