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2012 BMW 550I Gran Turismo Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 23, 2019
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 19, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 BMW 550I Gran Turismo. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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EngineFuel system
Filed May 23, 2019

IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR MY CAR BEGAN TO CONSUME MORE MOTOR OIL THE FREQUENCY WAS ONE LITER EVERY MONTH AND THEN IT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT, WITH THE PASSAGE OF MONTHS THE BMW HAS AN INTENSE DRIP OF OIL WHICH IS NOT NORMAL DRIP ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE, DRIPPING DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, BMW IN THE UNITED STATES HAS IGNORED THESE PROBLEMS, BMW WORKERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE CARS MANUFACTURED IN 2012 (X5, X6, N63, ALL SERIES 5, HAVE PRESENTED PROBLEMS OF INJECTORS, SPARK PLUGS, COILS, OIL BLEACHING, THIS BMW KNOWS BUT DOES NOT TAKE ACTION ON THESE PROBLEMS, TODAY I HAVE MY CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO USE IT, WHEN I START EXPELLING A LOT OF SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE LEAKS, YOU TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO BUY A NEW ENGINE IS THE SOLUTION I WAS GIVEN SOME TIME AGO BUT I MUST PAY A LOT OF MONEY, WHO SOLVES THESE PROBLEMS, WHO FORCES BMW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ? !!!! I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A LAWSUIT FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE CLAIM BECAUSE IN THE SERVICE AGENCY THEY HAVE SAID THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED

NHTSA ID
11209550
Incident
Jul 1, 2018
Mileage
30,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Dec 19, 2018

REAR DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS OVER NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A LEAK IN THE AIR SUSPENSION.

NHTSA ID
11162436
Incident
Dec 1, 2018

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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