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2019 BMW 640XI 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 Nov 15, 2024
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 Jan 14, 2023

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2019 BMW 640XI. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Nov 15, 2024

The car was making a strange noise when the starter was engaged. The local BMW dealer discovered the starter motor bolts had "backed themselves out" of their mounting, which resulted in the starter motor shifting. The shift resulted in the starter motor contacting the transmission bell housing and cracking the transmission case. The shift also damaged the flywheel; specifically, some teeth on the flywheel are damaged. The car has 60,000 miles on the odometer and has been in service 72 months. The car has only been serviced by BMW, and they deny ever working on the starter motor. The car now requires a new transmission, a new flywheel and a new starter motor assembly. If the starter had broken away at highway speeds it could cause a chain reaction mechanical failure and could have caused an accident.

NHTSA ID
11625392
Incident
Oct 15, 2024
Driver assistance
Filed Jan 14, 2023

2019 BMW GT640I ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAS STOPPED ABRUPTLY. 1) ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING MY VEHICLE STOPPED AS IF I HIT SOMETHING CAR RESTARTED SECONDS LATER. 2) DRIVING DOWN THE STREET VEHICLE CONTROL PANEL STATED OBSTRUCTION BUT NOTHING WAS AROUND THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE STOPPED WOULD'NT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART TWICE. 3) DRIVING MADE A LANE CHANGE AND VEHICLE STOPPED/BREAKING ABRUPTLY NO OTHER VEHICLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND I FEAR FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVES SAFTEY I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THIER SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY SAID NOTHINGS WRONG BUT ASKED DURING THE INSPECTION WAS THE VEHICLE EVER IN AN ACCIDENT I TOLD THEM KNOW ITS A BRAND-NEW VEHICLE, I ASKED WHY HE MADE THAT STATEMENT HE SAID IT APPEARS TO HAVE EXTRA PAINT OR SOMETHING ON ONE OF THE SENSORS.

NHTSA ID
11501741
Incident
Sep 19, 2019

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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