2013 BMW X3 Engine Problems

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BRAKING TO SLOWDOWN AT A LIGHT AS I WAS COMING INTO TOWN. MESSAGE CAME ON THAT OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSIST. MOVED OFF HIGHWAY AND CUT ENGINE ON AND OF TWICE. MESSAGE CLEARED BUT DECIDED TO DRIVE HOME. MESSAGE CAME ON DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION DRIVE MODERATELY SO I CONTINUED ON FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES AT SLOW SPEED. A CLICKING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE CAR JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL SO I COASTED TO A SAFE SPOT AND TRIED TO PUT CAR IN DRIVE UNSUCCESSFULLY. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOW TRUCK PUT ON FLATBED TO MECHANIC WHO THEN RAN A A SCAN. HE SAID THE ENGINE IS RUINED AND WILL NEED REPLACING. THE DEALER IN SAN ANTONIO, TX REPLACED THE TURBOCHARGER TWICE WITH THE LAST BEING IN THE FALL OF 2017. NOTHING WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SUCH A PROBLEM WITH THIS THAT...

DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED. NOTIFICATION APPEARED OF DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION. I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE NOTIFICATION WAS OFF. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND NOTIFICATION CAME ON LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD TICKING NOISE WHILE I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. CAR WAS TOWED TO MY HOME. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE WHICH THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER. MY CAR HAS 88K MILES. WHEN I TOLD THEM THE MILEAGE THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T COVERED OVER 70K MILES. THEY SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE DAMAGE WOULD LIKELY RUIN THE ENGINE AND REQUIRE POSSIBLY A NEW ENGINE. EITHER WAY, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST $1000 FOR THE INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. I HAVE HAD REGULAR SERVICE AT THE DEALER AND THEY NEVER MENTIONED...

VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND SENSORS LITE UP AND VEHICLE STALLED. MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN, WARRANTY COMPANY DEMANDED ENGINE BE OPENED UP TO CHECK VALUES, FOUND TIMING CHAIN BOLT BROKEN OFF IN THE ENGINE NOT TO BE FOUND. WARRANTY COMPANY BLAMED BOLT AND REFUSED TO PAY REPAIRS, NEW ENGINE REQUIRED SINCE BOLT COULD NOT BE FOUND. NONE ISSUE WITH BMW

MY 2013 X BMW WAS GIVING A MESSAGE ON THE DASH BOARD STATING IF I STOP THE ENGINE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RE-START THE CAR. ON APRIL 17, 2019 I DROVE TO PRIME MOTOR GROUP BMW OF NORWOOD, MA FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPLACE A PART AND THE CAR CANNOT START, AT THIS POINT I WAS GETTING AN E-MAIL FROM THE DEALER WITH AN ESTIMATE COST OF CLOSE TO $5,500 TO REPAIR IT. AT THE TIME TAKING THE CAR FOR THE PROBLEM, THERE WERE 5 RECALLS PENDING FOR MY CAR THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REPAIR, BUT THE RECALLS WAS KEPT SECRET FROM ME UNTIL ON APRIL 24, 2019 I TOWED THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR $525 AS I WAS TOLL BY THE SERVICE COUNSELOR TO GET THAT START BACK. AS OFF NOW, MY CAR IS STILL SEATING AT THE...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LOCKED ITSELF. GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND NEW ENGINE POTENTIALLY. AFTER SOME RESEARCH FOUND THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. I ALSO FOUND THAT THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS 7/70,000. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE 69,550 MILES.

I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 7 MONTH OLD BABY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STOPS, IT WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST BMW DEALER. ONE DAY LATER I GET A NOTIFICATION IN MY EMAIL THAT THE ENGINE IS NO LONGER WORKING DUE TO A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. THE TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR IS 15K!

2013 BMW X3 SDRIVE28I (F25) TIMING CHAIN RAIL GUIDE FAILED AT 70,800 MILES ON ROUTE 80, NEAR AKRON, OHIO. "LOW OIL PRESSURE" WARNING DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD, TRAVELING AROUND 77MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL. BMW OF AKRON SAID THAT BMWNA WILL COVER 35% OF THE COST OF A "GOODWILL" ENGINE REPLACEMENT. OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE: $7,706.67. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY WORTH $14,000 RETAIL AT THIS POINT (APRIL 2019).

IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 25TH, 2019 IN RUSH HOUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC THE BMW X3 2013 WITH 92,000 MILES ON ODOMETER CEASED NORMAL OPERATION AND WAS MAKING VERY LOUD METALLIC NOISE. CAR WENT TO "LIMP" MODE AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND PARK. CAR COULD NOT BE RE-STARTED AT THAT TIME. CAR WAS TOWED TO LOCAL BMW DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SERVICE DEPT DIAGNOSED CAR WITH MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE, ADMITTING WAS LIKELY RELATED TO MALFUNCTIONED TIMING CHAIN GUARD A KNOWN ENGINEERING DEFECT FOR THE BMW N20 28I ENGINE FOR THE 2013 MODEL YEAR. SUGGESTED RESOLUTION WAS NEW ENGINE QUOTED ORIGINALLY AT $16,000 BUT LOWERED TO $11,300 PLUS TAX FOR A CAR VALUED AT ROUGHLY $12,000. BMW NA OFFERED ASSISTANCE IN DISCOUNTING THE REPAIR TO THE QUOTED AMOUNT OF $11,300 BUT WILL NOT AUTHORIZE FULL COVERAGE FOR REPAIR COST AS CAR IS OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OF...

JANUARY 12, 2019 CAR WAS PARKED UNOCCUPIED ON STREET FOR 2+HOURS AFTER DRIVING IT 20 MILES. VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND, TOTAL LOSS. ENGINE REPLACED BY BMW ONE YEAR PRIOR UNDER WARRANTY FOR TIMING CHAIN GUIDE FAILURE. COMPLETE SERVICE PERFORMED BY BMW IN OCTOBER 2018. APPROXIMATELY 66,000 MILES ON VEHICLE.

JAN/25/2019 4P CST, WIFE WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, CAR SHOWED "ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW" WARNING, AND THEN STALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 15TH ST SE AND 5TH ST SE, MINNESOTA, MN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MOTORWERKS BMW SERVICE DEPT, 1300 AMERICAN BLVD W, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420. SERVICE ADVISOR, LORREN, SUGGESTED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, AND HAS CAUSED CATASTROPHIC, IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR, AND A NEW MOTOR WOULD BE REQUIRED. NOW, I'M NO CAR EXPERT, BUT THERE 1 THING FOR SURE THAT THERE NO WAY A TIMING CHAIN SHOULD JUST BREAK LIKE THAT, AND DESTROY THE ENGINE, UNLESS THERE A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW SO, I DID SOME DIGGING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILAR CASES FOR 2013 X3 28I WITH N20 MOTORS. IT SEEMS LIKE BMW HAS AWARE OF THE DESIGN FLAW, AND BMW REDESIGNED THE PROBLEM COMPONENTS, HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 7YRS/70K MILES, BUT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X3. AFTER THE CONTACT ADDED COOLANT TO THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND "COOLANT LOW, REFILL COOLANT AND CHECK STATUS" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVEN'S CREEK BMW (4343 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SANTA CLARA, CA 95051, (800) 298-1501) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TIMING CHAIN BROKEN

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED 55 - 65 MILES PER HR, THEN STUDENTLY I GOT A MESSAGE, ENGINE LOSS POWER, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP. I WAS ABLE TO SLIDE TO THE SIDE OFF ROAD. CAR WAS TOWED TO BMX DEALER. THE I RECEIVED LATER, I HAD ENGINE FAILURE. THEY SAID IT IS COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. CAR WAS 106,117 MILES. REALLY SURPRISING TO SEE CAR ENGINE FAILED THIS WAY. SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE MANUFACTURE. ALSO SO DANGEROUS FOR A CAR TO FAILED STUDENTLY ON ROAD THIS WAY. RISK OF ACCIDENTS.

VEHICLE HAD POOR ACCELERATION WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD. BROUGHT IT INTO BMW SERVICE CENTER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND OIL CHAIN HAD FAILED AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS. ONLY 90000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

DRIVING THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SCREEN ON THE CAR FLASHES A 'DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION ERROR', NO PRIOR ISSUES OR WARNINGS AND IT SAID TO DRIVE MODERATELY, NO OTHER WARNING OR TO STOP. I PULLED INTO THE NEAREST DEALER WHICH WAS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT AND TRIED TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND COULDN'T, SO THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND WERE ABLE TO START IT EXCEPT THEY COULDN'T GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK, THE CAR WAS FLAT BEDDED TO THE BMW DEALER AND AFTER A MONTH THEY LET ME KNOW THAT MY CAR HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING WHICH CAUSED THE 'CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE'. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER STORIES THAT MIRROR MY EXPERIENCE TO A TEE, SOME HOWEVER WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS I WAS TO...

FAULTY TIMING CHAIN AND GUIDES. BMW IS ALREADY AWARE OF THIS ISSUES WITH THE N20 TYPE OF ENGINE AND EXTENDED OUT A WARRANTY MANY OF THE VEHICLES BUT MOST OF THE TIMING CHAIN FAIL JUST AFTER THE 70K MILE LIMIT IMPOSED IN THE EXTENSION. BMW OFFERED ME NO HELP IN THIS MATTER AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A REPAIR ON A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

DRIVE TRAIN LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS ON PARKWAY AND CAR LOST POWER GOING FROM 55 TO 30 MPH. INFORMED THAT THERE IS A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE

AT APPROX. 60,200 MILES, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SECONDARY ROAD, MOVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND RECEIVED THE DRIVE TRAIN WARNING AND AS I WAS PULLING OVER, I RECEIVED THE LOW ENGINE PRESSURE WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED.

I HAVE A 2013 BMW X3 WITH 85K MILES AND WAS DRIVING ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WHEN A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION AND THAT I SHOULD 'DRIVE MODERATELY'. WITHIN SECONDS, A SECOND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING LOW OIL PRESSURE AND THAT I SHOULD 'ADD A QUART OF OIL'. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE GEAR SHIFT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF TO CHECK THE OWNER'S MANUAL ABOUT THE DRIVETRAIN WARNING LIGHT, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. THE ENTIRE SCENARIO LASTED ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS, AND PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND WAS DILIGENT ABOUT PERFORMING ROUTINE SERVICE ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST BMW DEALERSHIP. I RECEIVED A CALL THE FOLLOWING DAY NOTIFYING ME THAT CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE...

VARIOUS FAILURES IN POWER TRAIN INCLUDING TRANSFER CASE, TURBO, HIGH PRESSURE FUEL INJECTION, AND TRANSMISSION. FAILURES HAVE HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS. FAILURES SOMETIMES REQUIRE TOWING. SOMETIMES CAUTION DRIVER TO PROCEED AT LOWER SPEEDS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60-70 MILES, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT THEN CAR COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER INCLUDING BREAKS AND STEERING. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A SERVICE LANE. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TOW TO THE DEALER. DEALER PERFORMED AN OIL ANALYSIS AND FOUND LOTS OF METAL SHAVINGS/PARTICLES IN THE OIL WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. MEANWHILE THE OIL WAS JUST CHANGED 3 WEEKS PRIOR. CLEARLY THIS IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. BMW NORTH AMERICA DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS CLASS ACTIONS SUITS REGARDING TIMING CHAIN FAILURE WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SEIZE DUE TO FAILURE OF PLASTIC TIMING CHAIN GUIDES. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE ENGINE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF SOMEONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT...

DIGEST: - ENGINE STOPPED OPERATION SUDDENLY WHEN RUNNING ON A CITY STREET, I FELT DANGEROUS SINCE THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME HONKED LOUDLY. - THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED. THE DEALER AND BMW CUSTOMER CENTER DETERMINE THAT REASON IS LACKING IN ENGINE OIL CHANGE. - THE TRUE ROOT CAUSE IS THAT THE CAR HAS NO ENGINE OIL LEVEL WARNING MESSAGE OR SIGN SHOWN ON EITHER CLUSTER OR CONTROL DISPLAY. DESCRIPTION: WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON CITY ROAD THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THERE WAS A NEAR ACCIDENT SINCE THE CAR BEHIND HONKED LOUDLY. SINCE THE ENGINE OIL IS RELATED THE CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE, I BELIEVE ALL PASSENGER CAR SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH ENGINE OIL WARNING FEATURE (I SEE IT IN FMVSS REQUIREMENT). BMW OWNER'S MANUAL DESCRIBES "THE OIL LEVEL IS MONITORED ELECTRONICALLY DURING DRIVING AND SHOWN ON THE CONTROL DISPLAY" (SEE ATTACHED 1), BUT MY CAR DID NOT SHOW THIS KIND...

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 10PM DURING INCLEMENT RAINY WEATHER 350 MILES FROM MY HOME. FIRST, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING REDUCE SPEED APPEARED. WHILE TRYING TO SAFELY GET OFF THE FREEWAY THE DRIVE TRAIN WARNING APPEARED. AT THAT TIME, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY. AFTER VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST EUROPEAN CAR MECHANIC, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHICH CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. THE TIMING CHAIN IS ONLY WARRANTED UP TO 70K MILES. VEHICLE HAS 83K MILE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT ENGINE ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND BMW SHOULD OFFER A RECALL FOR FAILED COMPONENTS. UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A FAILED ENGINE AND I PLAN TO TAKE THIS ISSUE TO BMW CORPORATE.

I OWN A 2013 BMW X3 AND I RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE FROM BMW. APPARENTLY, THIS WAS AN ISSUE ONLY FOR THE 2013 N20 ENGINES, WHERE THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE IS PRONE TO BREAKING DUE TO THE USE OF A SOFT METAL, WHICH TYPICALLY RESULTS IN A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. BMW WILL REIMBURSE YOU ON THIS REPAIR IF THIS BREAKS PRIOR TO 7 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OR 70K MILES. I'D HATE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE TO BE BROKEN DOWN, GET THE CAR TOWED AND PAY FOR REPAIRS SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS COULD BE FIXED WHILE STILL UNDER THE LIMITED WARRANTY COVERED BY BMW, WHICH THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT AS IT IS NOT A RECALL. THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE CAN RESULT IN 'CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE', IS NOT A RECALL, AND BWM IS NOT WILLING TO PROACTIVELY REPLACE A...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH AND PUT THE CAR INTO SPORT MODE, IT SUDDENLY WENT FROM 2000 RPM CRUISING TO 6000 RPM AND BACK TO ZERO. THE CAR HAD LOST COMPLETE POWER. I PUSHED THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED; LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PULL OVER. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE RADIO, AIR, AND WINDOWS STILL WORKED BUT NOTHING ELSE. I HAD AAA TOW THE CAR TO THE CLOSEST BMW DEALERSHIP. THE BMW DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO ASK IF I HAD A DEAD BATTERY; I TOLD THEM BATTERIES DO NOT DIE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. BMW THEN CALLED ME BACK TO TELL ME THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND IT WAS TOTAL FAILURE, BUT THEY COULD NOT TELL ME ANYTHING SPECIFIC WHEN I ASKED. THEY SAID I COULD PAY $6,000 IN LABOR TO HAVE A...

VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE BREAKING, I WAS TOLD IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND DAMAGED OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL TOTALING $7,000. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE RECURRING ON 2013 BMW X3S. ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORTS I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE INCLUDE NEW VEHICLES TO OLDER BMWS RANGING FROM 30,000 MILEAGE TO 100,000 MILEAGE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED AT ABOUT 57,000 AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I AM AWAITING FOR A CALL FROM BMW NORTH AMERICA TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THESE PARTS WHEN THEY IDENTIFIED THEY WERE FAULTY BUT SINCE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED I NEVER RECEIVED THIS NOTICE.

WHILE DRIVING IN A LOW SPEED STREET THE ENGINE WITH ANY NOTICE, LOST ALL THE POWER SUDDENLY AND DID NOT ACCELERATE. IT SHOWED A MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN INDICATING A TOTAL LACK A POWER; THE THROTTLE DID NOT WORK AND DESPITE THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING IT STAYED AT THE MINIMUM RPM. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN A THREE MONTHS PERIOD. THE FIRST TIME (OCTOBER 2017) THE LOCAL IMPORT SERVICE SHOP DID NOT FIND ANY ABNORMALITY AND JUST RESET THE COMPUTER FAILURE SIGNAL. THE SECOND TIME IN DECEMBER THEY IDENTIFIED A FAILURE IN A REGULATOR OF THE ADMISSION SYSTEM. THE CAR IS STILL AT THE SHOP BECAUSE WE WROTE TO BMW HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. WE CONSIDER THAT FAILURE AS A MAJOR AND HAZARDOUS QUALITY ISSUE AND HAVE REQUESTED A FULL REPAIR DESPITE THE WARRANTY IS ALREADY DUE. THE LOCAL DEALER REFUSED TO DO IT SO....

SUNDAY, 9/10/17 @ 11:30AM I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON 294 IN CHICAGO AND THE OIL PRESSURE MESSAGE CAME ON, SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY ENGINE TRAIN MESSAGE SUGGESTING I PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE!! THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EXIT AT LAKE COOK ROAD JUST AS THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. IT WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHEREBY THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND THE ENGINE IS PROBABLY SHOT. THIS CAR HAS 71K MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED RELIGIOUSLY YET WARRANTY EXPIRED. NEW TO BMW I NEVER EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS!

ENGINE COOLANT PUMP AND THERMOSTAT FAILED AT 52000 MILES. IT'S 2000 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. IT WAS FAILED WAY TOO EARLY BY ANY MEASURE FOR ANY ON ROAD VEHICLE. I HAD ENGINE OVERHEAT WARNING, POSSIBLY DUE TO COOLANT PUMP FAILURE. HOWEVER, THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THE DASH SHOWED NORMAL TEMPERATURE. AFTER VEHICLE STOPPED, TRIED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE WITH HOOD OPENED. WITH OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE SAYING NORMAL TEMPERATURE, COOLANT WAS OVER HEATING, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE INJURY FROM CONFUSION. ONE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SAYING NORMAL WHILE THE COOLANT WAS OVER HEATING. BMW SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ON THEIR OWN. THEY IGNORE THIS PROBLEM AND PASSES TO CUSTOMERS. THIS SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED FOR RECALL.

WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 10:30 A.M. ON THE 8/8/2017 THE CAR LOST POWER AS IF IT RAN OUT OF GASOLINE. THANK GOD HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SERVICE LANE WITHOUT GETTING INTO A MAJOR ACCIDENT (HE IS ALWAYS COOL UNDER PRESSURE AS HE RETIRED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY). HE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, AND RESTARTED A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN "DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION" MESSAGE CAME ON. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN ON 8/10/2017 IN THE MORNING. HE TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS TOLD HE WILL RECEIVE A CALL BACK THAT EVENING. HE WAS NEVER CONTACTED, AND 3 DAYS LATER WENT TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL COST AT LEAST $2,700.00 PLUS... ALMOST A YEAR AGO I WENT TO THEM...

DRIVING (2013 X3 28I) VEHICLE WITHOUT CONCERNS, INCIDENTS OR WARNINGS UNTIL THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING" LIGHT CAME ON. SLOWING DOWN TO TRY AND MAKE IT THE MILE LEFT TO MAKE IT HOME. AFTER THE "OIL PRESSURE WARNING" CAME ONE, LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER THERE WAS A "DRIVE-TRAIN MALFUNCTION" WARNING. NOW LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PULL OVER, IT WAS LESS THAN ANOTHER MINUTE WHEN CAR LOCKED UP AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. LIVING ON A CURVY ROAD, I WAS IN A VERY BAD SITUATION, DUE TO BEING BETWEEN TWO CURVES, JUST AFTER DARK. CAR WOULD NOT START OR GO INTO NEUTRAL. IT HAS BEEN 10 WEEKS AND CAR DIAGNOSIS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. WITHOUT WARNINGS AND TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. I WAS NOT HURT IN ANY WAY, AND THANKFULLY SOMEONE STOPPED TO BLOCK THE CURVE SO PEOPLE WOULD SLOW DOWN. I WAS STUCK WAITING FOR HELP FOR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE AND DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE BILL JACOBS BMW DEALER (LOCATED AT 2495 AURORA AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL, CAUSING IT NOT TO HAVE COMPRESSION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD PAY HALF OF THE REPAIR FEES. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER HALF. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,300.

EARLIER THIS YEAR WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 BMW X3 ON THE HIGHWAY IT BROKE DOWN WITH LITTLE WARNING. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EXIT RAMP BEFORE MY CAR COMPLETELY FAILED. AFTER HAVING IT FLAT BEDDED TO A MECHANIC WHO HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP THEY VERIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK OVER AND NOT START. IT WAS RELATIVELY CLEAR FROM THE SOUND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING DURING THE STARTER ENGAGEMENT THAT THE CAMSHAFT TIMING WAS OFF. THE VALVE COVER WAS REMOVED AND THE MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT THE TIMING WAS INDEED OFF. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD JUMPED TIME ON BOTH THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST CAMSHAFTS. THE TIMING WAS OFF DUE TO EXCESSIVE SLACK IN THE TIMING CHAIN DUE TO A FAILED CHAIN TENSIONER. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 2013 BMW WITH MAINLY HIGHWAY MILES. I WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW ENGINE THAT WILL...

I HAVE A 2013 X3 28I THAT WAS PURCHASED FAIRLY NEW WITH 15K MILES ON IT AND HAS HAD ALL BMW RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE AT A BMW DEALER. I HAVE EXACTLY 50K MILES ON THE CAR. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WITH NO WARNING THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND BLEW THE ENGINE. I HAD JUST TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRIOR FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT. THE DEALER FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS GOING TO COST OVER 20K TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. BMW GOT INVOLVED AND NOW I'M TOLD IT WILL COST JUST OVER 15K PLUS TAXES. I STARTED CHECKING ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT BMW HAS HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING CHAIN, HOWEVER THEY DON'T LIST THE X3 AS ONE OF THE CARS WITH THE PROBLEM. AT 4 YEARS OLD AND 50K MILES, I WOULD THINK THE TIMING CHAIN SHOULDN'T BREAK,...

SHIFTING IS ERRATIC, ESPECIALLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. BOTH WIFE AND MYSELF NOTICED THIS ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS DRIVING BY OURSELVES. DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO CODES AND IT DRIVES LIKE ALL OTHER X3'S. IT DOES NOT DRIVE LIKE OTHER X3'S AS WE WERE GIVEN A NEW X3 AS A LOANER.

I HAVE 3 PARTS IN MY VEHICLE THAT ARE NOW IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING REPLACEMENT BY MY MECHANIC. I WENT TO THE MECHANIC AFTER MY VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP" MODE WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE STATING MY VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. MY MECHANIC ADVISED THAT I NEED A NEW WATER PUMP, A NEW THERMOSTAT, AND WHILE IT'S NOT RELATED, I ALSO NEED A NEW OIL HOUSING GASKET. IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE ARE ALL COMMON FAILURES ON THESE VEHICLES AND MY MECHANIC NOTED "IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF THESE ITEMS WILL FAIL, BUT WHEN". MOREOVER, ONE SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TELL YOU THE SAME. IF THESE PARTS ARE TRULY AN ISSUE, WHY ARE THEN NOT RECALLED? MY CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY CONCERN, PARTICULARLY IN POPULATED METRO AREAS WITH A TODDLER IN THE BACK SEAT....

ENGINE OVERHEAT WARNING DUE TO WATER PUMP ISSUES. JUST UNDER 5 YEARS OF BRAND NEW PURCHASE. SEE SIMILAR PART HAS EXCESSIVE COMPLAINTS. HTTP://X3.XBIMMERS.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=1219853&PAGE=2 BMW INITIALLY CHARGED ME AS A THERMOSTAT ISSUE, AND REPLACED IT AFTER 3 MONTHS BACK-ORDERED PARTS. 1 DAY AFTER THERMOSTAT REPLACEMENT, SYMPTOMS RE-APPEARED. THIS TIME THEY ARE REPLACING OTHER PARTS. WITH NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A RECALL. EVERY REPAIR WITH BMW IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

TIMING CHAIN MALFUNCTION/ENGINE FAILURE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING INDICATORS FLASHED FOR THE OIL PRESSURE LOW AND DRIVE TRAIN, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO COAST AND RANDOMLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT METAL SHAVINGS WERE IN THE OIL. FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A SECOND INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER TESTING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

ON YEAR AFTER PUCHASING CAR, AND AFTER WARRANTY PERIOD, STARTING GETTING DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION ERROR. SMOKED ON TURNING ON IGNITION A COUPLE OF TIMES. TOOK TO BMW AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A TURBO. WAS TOLD BY BMW MECHANIC THAT EVERY ONE OF THIS MODEL NEEDED A NEW TURBO. $6000. INTERNET BLOG SITES ALSO INDICATE THAT THE TURBO GOES OUT ALL THE TIME. IF IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT NEW THEN THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. PEOPLE CAN'T PAY $6000 ON NEW CARS FOR TURBOS WHEN THEY KNOW IT IS DEFECTIVE.

HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR APPROX. 5 MINUTES IN RESIDENTIAL AREA. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING & BLACK SMOKE THRU DASHBOARD. COULD SEE FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. WITHIN 5-6 MINUTES CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NOTHING LEFT EXCEPT FOR THE FRAME. TOTAL LOSS, ALMOST NO WARNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

FIRSTLY APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE IS APPROXIMATE AND MAY BE OFF. ITS JUST BEEN OVER 2 YEARS I HAVE OWNED THIS BMW AND I HAVE KEPT MY BMW FOR CHECK ENGINE ERROR REPAIR FOR 4 TIMES AT STEVENS CREEK BMW. 3 TIMES OUT OF THIS 4 HAS BEEN BETWEEN JUNE 2014 TO TILL DATE. ONCE AGAIN THE CHECK ENGINE ERROR IS ON WHICH MAKES IT THE 5TH TIME. AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK THIS BMW IS RELIABLE AND I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY AND PATIENCE TO KEEP TAKING APPOINTMENTS AND GETTING SUCH ERRORS FIXED ON MONTHLY BASIS. I DON'T INTEND TO KEEP USING THIS VEHICLE AND GETTING IT FIXED ON MONTHLY BASIS. ITS GOOD THAT MY BMW IS STILL UNDER THE 4 YEAR COVERAGE BUT IF THIS WASN'T AVAILABLE THEN I WOULD HAVE INCURRED HUGE EXPENSES ON MONTHLY BASIS TO GET THESE ERRORS FIXED. GETTING THE SAME ERROR ON REPEATED...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL SIDE STREET (SPEED LIMIT 25 MPH) AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND I WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WE WERE COMING UPON NUMEROUS STOP SIGNS, SO IN ORDER TO AVOID THE BMW AUTOSTART/STOP FEATURE (THIS FEATURE SHUTS THE CAR ENGINE OFF WHEN THE CAR STOPS TO SAVE FUEL) FROM ACTIVATING, I REACHED OVER TO TURN OFF THE AUTOSTART BUTTON. THIS BUTTON IS LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE START/STOP BUTTON. INSTEAD, I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE START/STOP BUTTON (THIS IS A KEYLESS CAR) AND WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH THE CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF AND WE HAD TO COAST TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR ANY POWER, BEFORE BEING ABLE TO START THE CAR. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE CAR, THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED. IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY LIKELY TO...

IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE I WAS BRAKING AFTER MOVING FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THE ENGINE STARTED RACING CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD (GIVEN I WAS ON THE BRAKE) UNTIL THE BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD ANY LONGER AT WHICH POINT THE CAR ACCELERATED IN TRAFFIC DESPITE ME PUSHING EVEN HARDER ON THE BRAKE. THE BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE AT THIS POINT. I AVOIDED REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BY SWERVING AROUND HIM BUT COULD NOT AVOID THE VEHICLE FARTHER AHEAD IN TRAFFIC AND HIT THE RIGHT REAR OF A UHAUL STORAGE UNIT TOWED BY A VEHICLE AND THE BMW FLIPPED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. MIRACULOUSLY, WE WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY MINOR CUTS, SCRAPES, AND BRUISES. SEAT RESTRAINTS AND AIRBAGS WORKED PERFECTLY WHICH IS THE ONLY KIND THING WE CAN NOW SAY DESPITE HAVING NO PRIOR ISSUES. WHETHER IT IS AN ONBOARD COMPUTER...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ACTING AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR