2011 BMW X5: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Feb 28, 2021 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · OK

Transfer case: slipping and hesitation in motion/driving and acceleration. Also popping and slipping in front end near front wheels... Looked up online troubleshooting and found problems with 2011 model design

Filed Jun 12, 2020 · Airbags, Engine · 190,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 bmw x5. The contact stated the vehicle was emitting a burning odor coming from both inside and outside of the vehicle when driving. The contact stated that after stopping then attempting to accelerate the vehicle, the vehicle would hesitate. In addition, the vehicle jerked when turning or decelerating. On a separate occasion, the air bag warning light flashed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (roadshow bmw, address: 405 n germantown pkwy #6207, cordova, tn 38018, phone: (901) 365-2584) who informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline), as well as, the recalls for the air bags and engine (the federal safety agency campaign numbers unknown). The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who referred the contact to the federal safety agency to file a complaint. The approximate failure mileage 190,000.

Filed Jan 2, 2020 · Steering, Transmission · 76,000 miles · FL

Vehicle shudders and hesitates when making a hard left of right turn from a full stop. (ie. Turning right on red or pulling out of a place of business onto an active highway.) I read about 30 other complaints about the same issue - all pointing a faulty "transfer case". My vehicle 2011 bwm x5 35i has 76,000 miles. I do see a power train recall for the 2011 x5's but mine (for some unknown reason is not included and it is a 2011 (recall 17v138000) my mechanic said it was the transfer case and will cost $3,000 to repair.

Filed Oct 3, 2016 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · ME

After driving for an extened period of time, I pulled over to place a new destination in my GPS. I noticed as I was positioning my vehicle perpendicular to the road, I felt a shuttering in my traction. It felt like a locked differential 4x4. I placed my new address and proceeded to turn right onto the roadway with heavy traffic. I felt a huge hesitation in my acceleration nearly causing my vehicle to be broad sided (t-boned). At that point, I had to floor the vehicle, which caused me to shoot across the road into on-coming traffic. Luckily, the vehicles were far enough to avoid a major accident. My whole family could have been severely injured. I brought my vehicle to bmw to have it diagnosed. They found a faulty transfer case as they were replacing my front drive shaft under a recall.

Filed Feb 13, 2016 · Engine · 66,000 miles · NJ

Previous vanos recall campaing fix is not working. After one years replacement bolts are loose and loud engine knocking is back. If continue driving bolts will be sheared and break timing chain causing engine to suddenly loose power and shut down with no previous warning. When engine RPM reaches the 2000 mark engine starts to loose power and hesitates due to the bad vanos bolts. Bmw is refusing to repair the vanos unit and replace the bolts under warranty.