1. Warning drive train malfunction 2. Drove moderately on way driving in to dealership for repair 3. Oil pressure low stop or risk damage to engine 4. Pulled over, had it towed to bmw 5. They called the next morning stating it was 17,000 mol due to engine being damaged after fragments went in from timing chain 6. Insurance adjuster went out and conquered bmw issue timing chain broke effecting engine oil pump and battery 7. Engine inoperable fucntionally totaled car waiting for bmw n america casemngr to return my call and hopefully offer to extend warranty or offer good will and fix -repair engine and all related to malfunction 8. Found out USA consumer class action suit is currently under way filed 12/12/19 against bmw for timing chain engine issue... Still without relief or vehicle and no personal funds to get car back again hoping for relief from bmw!
2013 BMW X3 fuel system complaints
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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.
The baffles are loose in my muffler causing a terrible noise. I believe this is also causing my check engine light to come on. My car is running rich. Bmw says it's annoying but not causing and issues on my car. They say it's $1,200 to fix. It started out only making the noise sometimes. It then progressed to when standing still. Now it does it even when driving. People constantly ask me what's wrong with my car.
Last week when in city traffic, I depressed the brake to slow down, then lifted my foot off the brake. My car lurched forward and I immediately braked again to slow down and stop. This was not normal, had not happened before, and I decided to mention it during my next visit to bmw service. Last saturday, feb. 17, I was driving 20 -25 MPH in a neighborhood, approaching a red light on river rd, bethesda. There was one car at the light. I braked to slow down, and realized that the car was not slowing down, braked again and it lurched forward and accelerated. I saw the speed the speedometer moving between 20-25, and the tachometer varying wildly between 1.5 - 2.5. I pressed very hard on the brake, which was harder to press down than ever before, pressed the park button and finally got the car to go into park before I arrived at the stopped vehicle in front of me. This all happened in less than 10 seconds. I immediately called bmw and took my car in, explaining what happened, still very shaken and afraid to drive the car. Afterwards, I looked on the internet, and read about other 2013 x3 drivers with the same experience. It did not appear that bmw was able to replicate the problem or that they repaired the cars to fix the problem. One person did have an accident and totaled the car. Thus far, bmw has told me they cannot replicate the problem. I requested the service manager to get involved and will ask to speak to the factory rep as well. This is a major safety hazard putting my life and others at risk. It is not safe to drive my car. I would like to know how many similar complaints have been filed with the federal safety agency and what the federal safety agency has done to address this serious safety flaw.
I was driving northbound on ct-104 long ridge road, a 2-lane state road on monday june 22nd, 2015 around 8am. I was traveling from stamford ct to bedford. About midway on long ridge road driving at around 25pmh at millers mill intersection the car stalled. I would see I was in middle of my northbound lane the dashboard lights were on, but speedometer was at 0 RPM and knew the engine had died, I immediately tried restarting the engine. While the engine cranked, I was in park, the engine would not kick in despite turning over. After repeated tries, and being unable to move off the lane, I pressed bmw sos button. I had turned on my flashers. Cars were racing in my lane and stopping before getting to my car rear-end. I knew I was in a hazard zone. But this a cell-phone dead zone. In any case bmw asked I get out of the hazard zone, but told them the car was simply unmoveable and would not start-up. So they called in the tow and informed the bedford police. For 20 minutes I sat there in the car. Then the flashers quite operating and increased the risk of rear-end crashes. Thats another issue bmw must look into. Finally the police arrived some 20 mins later the tow truck called by the police showed up. The bmw x3 was taken to bms mt kisco new york. A 2-year old car failing suddenly in the middle of the road without any warning and creating a road hazard was unnerving. Bmw dealer informed me on tuesday june 23rd the fuel pump had failed. It would take a few days to repair. ..the fact that a new car with 25000 miles has a significant failure suddenly and creates a life-threatening situation with cars barreling down in a 45 MPH is worrisome and poses issues with qa of critical components and a recall if large number of cars have been involved in sudden fuel pump failures maybe indicated as a proactive step...updated 08/27/15*bf updated 12/3/15
My complaint is similar to the following: quote the federal safety agency id number: 10546733 the issue is when you step on the brake the engine races and the car continues to move forward. It doesn't matter how hard you press on the brake you still go forward. End quote brake and accelerator pedals can be engaged simultaneously, particularly in hard braking this 4d 4x4 xdrive 28i (and never happened with our three previous bmws, which were sedans). Brake pedal application travel can easily fall under the distance to the floor of unapplied accelerator pedal. Traveling that distance the accelerator can simultaneously be depressed. Bmw factory inspection found nothing out of spec. I can only conclude it's a design deficiency, a condition type bmw never admits, even if it corrects the condition later.
On the first occurrence I braked smoothly at a traffic light that was red as I approached. The vehicle stopped and then the engine revved and lurched forward slowly 3 to 4 times taking me through the intersection as I was pressing on the brake. I could not stop the vehicle. Once through the intersection I took my foot off the brake and applied the gas pedal and drove to a nearby parking lot. When I came out of a store after 45 minutes, I tested the brakes by driving slowly in the parking lot and applying the brakes several times. Each time but one the engine revved while I had my foot deliberately on the brakes, not on the gas or gas and brake. If I removed my foot from the brake, the revving stopped and gas operated appropriately. I drove home and called the dealer who had it towed, checked it out for a couple of days, could not reproduce the problem and said it was fine. It was raining on the day of the occurrence. The second occurrence happened 6 days after the first, another rainy day. I braked at a stop sign. The vehicle stopped and then the engine revved as I was pressing on the brake, then lurched forward once into the intersection. I immediately removed my foot from the brake and drove forward. This did not repeat as I drove home. Again the car was towed to the dealer, checked out by the dealer and an engineer from bmw na and nothing could be reproduced. They told me to take the car home. It had to be my error. I objected that I have never had any similar problem with any other car I've driven including the two bmw loaners they supplied. I told them I was unhappy with the decision not to check it out further especially since they had not made any attempt to test it in the rain. Bmw na representative was adamant that it could not be the vehicle.
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