BMW 550I oil consumption problems

Filed Oct 26, 2026 · Engine · GA

2012 BMW with the N63 twin-turbo V8 engine, excessive oil consumption

Filed Mar 6, 2026 · Engine · NY

My engine keeps burning oil. Have to refill every 2 months. Needs repair or replaced engine. Purchased vehicle in 2023. Class action N63TU1

Filed Mar 10, 2022 · Engine · CA

On 11/10/21 I was advised by Long Beach BMW (Long Beach, CA) that my car needs a new engine. The car smells of gas (both when running and when sitting) and burns excessive amounts of oil. The car requires a quart of oil every 200 - 400 miles. The first engine was replaced after only 77,000 miles because the car was stalling unexpectedly. Now, the current engine needs to be replaced after only 51,000 miles because the car smells of gas (likely because the fuel injection system is not working properly) and because it is burning excessive amounts of oil. BMW expects me to cover the cost of a new engine even thought there is an obvious defect. I contacted BMW of North America and they offered to take the car back & give me $2000 toward a new car. There is currently a recall because of engines at risk of blowing up but for some reason, my car does not appear to be part of that recall. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/bmw-recalls-vehicles-3rd-time-due-engine-fire-83338862 BMW has been notified of the defects with this car and has diagnosed the defective engine but refuses to replace the engine at their cost as part of the current recall. Instead, the car remains a hazard at risk of catching fire. BMW's negligence is placing me, my family & other travelers at risk of harm or death because they know of the problem & will not address it. This is the 2nd complaint that I've sent to the federal safety agency (the first on 9/13/21) and now there is a recall & so the federal safety agency is aware of the problem as well.

Filed Nov 17, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · TX

My car died in an intersection unexpectedly as if my battery had died. My infant was in the backseat. This was suck a busy intersection that police dept had to park behind me to keep me from being hit. The car could not be put in neutral to move it out of the way. After over an hour we were able to restart the car and excessive battery discharge message displayed. This is on top of me taking it to the dealership for excessive oil consumption and BMW was aware my motor would eventually give out.

Filed Feb 12, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 36,343 miles · IN

My 2016 bmw 550i xdrive m sport is using/burning one quart of oil every 750-800 miles, the odometer reads 36,343 miles, very low miles for this car to be using that much oil, I bought it in august of 2019 with 34,654 miles on it. You can see that I don't drive it that much, have never had the car on any kind of track. The bmw dealership in schererville indiana says this kind of oil consumption is normal.!!! There is no way this expensive luxury car should burn any kind of oil with this low of miles. I really want this complaint to be heard!! Thank you.

Filed Oct 24, 2019 · Engine · 49,479 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 bmw 5501. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the "service required soon" message illuminated on the message center and the vehicle stalled. The contact coasted the vehicle to the shoulder. The vehicle was towed to global imports (550 interstate north pkwy se, atlanta, ga 30339) where it was diagnosed that the engine seized and a new one was needed. The contact also stated that the vehicle was running oddly approximately a week before the failure, presumably due to oil consumption issues. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,479.

Filed Sep 21, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 125,000 miles · CA

This car has been in the shop many times since I purchased it in 2014. First, it was unknown issues that resulted in the injectors, spark plugs, and battery being replaced. That did not fix the problem and it went back to them several more times before they eventually brought an engineer in that determined that it was a stretched timing chain. This resulted in a new timing chain and all parts associated at 60,000 miles. Since then we have had recall work a couple of times. We have had to have turbo coolant lines replaced and we had to have a new water pump put in at 80,000 miles because ours apparently fell apart. The car needs a quart of oil every 500-700 miles (this has been an issue since the beginning but it has progressively gotten worse) and the newest problem is that it threw a drivetrain malfunction error driving up a hill. This error is related to a complete lack of compression in cylinder 3. The car has 125,000 miles. This car should have been bought back as a lemon but bmw always has some excuse.

Filed Sep 13, 2019 · Engine · 65,000 miles · IL

Takata recall car uses excessive amounts of oil, a quart every week.

Filed Nov 15, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 86,212 miles · LA

Bmw n63 customer care package: a recall b001314 that bmw refuses to call a recall. Im having problum with the car burning oil every 200 miles had fuel injectors replace twice. Car stills runs bad. My car only has 84k on it and I have had so many problums out of it oil chance has always been on time.

Filed May 31, 2016 · Engine · 40,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 bmw 550i. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced excessive oil consumption. The contact stated that the engine oil warning indicator illuminated every two weeks. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired. The technician diagnosis was not provided. After the vehicle was repaired, the failure still recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.