2013 BMW X1 Sav Problems

PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF AND SEATBELT LIGHT ALWAYS ON WHILE DRIVING TWO DAYS AFTER RECALL FOR DRIVER AIRBAG WAS DONE THIS ISSUE STARTED. THE DEALERSHIP PERSON TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHTS ARE STEADY TO FIX THE PROBLEM , SOMETHING ABOUT A SENSOR OR WEIGHT MAT.

THE BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD ON WET STREETS. THEY ALSO WILL NOT HOLD ON SNOW COVERED STREETS. YOU HAVE TO PUMP THEM WHEN YOU TRY TO HOLD THEM DOWN .SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HOLD THEM DOWN THEY LOCK IN PLACE. A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP RESULTS IN THE REDUCED BRAKING POWER THAT COUL INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH CAUSING DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR COULD RUPTURE WITH METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

2 MONTHS AFTER REPORTING A DEAD/DRAINED BATTERY, IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. THE ALARM STARTS WHINING AND THEN THE CAR NEEDS TO BE JUMPED BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS DEAD. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN OCCURRED, AND IS DRIVEN DAILY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT CAN SIT FOR A FEW DAYS DURING SCHOOL BREAKS.

STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL FROM VENTS THE SMELL DOES NOT GO AWAY WHEN RECIRCULATING THE AIR AND I SUSPECT IT IS NOT COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE BAY B. THIS ISSUE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SYMPTOMS DOCUMENTED IN SAFETY RECALL 17V-676 ' BLOWER MOTOR WIRING ' 2006-2011 BMW 3 SERIES

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 65MPH CAR LOSS POWER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.MOTOR RADDLE,HAD RAPID DECLARATION LOSS ALL POWER ALMOST GOT HIT FROM REAREND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY I WAS IN SLOW LANE.JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR . .CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SAID SAFE TO DRIVE.TOOK BACK TO A CAR DEALER.CAR HAD TURBO MALFUNCTION WASTE GATE ACTUATOR.THIS IS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECK

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WHEN ALL THE VEHICLES INDICATOR LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING, THE SPEED AND RPM NEEDLE STOPPED WORKING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE NAVIGATION EVENTUALLY BLACKED OUT, AND THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. AS WE DRIFTED TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR TURNED ON AGAIN BUT ALL LIGHTS IN THE CAR CONTINUED FLASHING UNTIL THE CAR SHUT OFF ONCE AND FOR ALL. THE CARS COMPUTER WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT BROUGHT TO THE SCENE. A BOTTLE OF WATER WAS FOUND OPEN NEAR THE MODULES IN THE TRUNK AND CONFIRMED TO BE THE CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL DAMAGE WHICH DISABLED THE VEHICLE. WATER IN THE TRUNK OF BMW X1 CAUSES VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE VULNERABLE ELECTRONICS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CARGO AREAS. -INSTRUMENT FAILURES -LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE -VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN ON HIGHWAY -DELICATE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DAMAGED BY A BOTTLED WATER -CAUSES ELECTRICAL FIRE OR CARE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING -RISK OF DEATH FOR BMW PASSENGERS AND TO OTHER PARTYS ON THE HIGHWAY -FILED SUNROOF WATER SEAL

THE BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD ON WET STREETS. THEY ALSO WILL NOT HOLD ON SNOW COVERED STREETS. YOU HAVE TO PUMP THEM WHEN YOU TRY TO HOLD THEM DOWN .SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HOLD THEM DOWN THEY LOCK IN PLACE. A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP RESULTS IN THE REDUCED BRAKING POWER THAT COUL INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH CAUSING DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR COULD RUPTURE WITH METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

DRIVING ON 95 NORTHBOUND IN MIAMI. CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON BRAKES. I WAS FAR AWAY FROM HER REAR END (2 CAR DISTANCE) TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BRAKE. WHEN I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES THE CAR KEPT MOVING. I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF HER CAR. THE AIRBAGS ALSO DID NOT GO OFF.

'TRANSMISSION FAILURE' WARNING ERROR OCCURS WHEN AUTO STOP START (ASS) MODE ENABLED CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL ; CAR REQUIRES RESTART WHICH IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. BMW APPEARS UNCERTAIN OF HOW TO RESOLVE ISSUE. 53K MILES WITH ALL REQUIRED SERVICE COMPLETED ON VEHICLE TO-DATE. CAR WILL OPERATE AND TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT NORMALLY AND ERROR WILL CLEAR AFTER RESTARTING, BUT SAME ERROR OCCURS.

WHILE STARTING THE CAR FROM THE PARKING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED AND CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I CAN'T DRIVE MORE THAN 30 MPH. UPON INSPECTING, FLEX DISC (GUIBO)/READ DRIVESHAFT, REAR BEGINNING TO CRACK. SERVICE CENTER MENTIONED THAT IF THE DRIVESHAFT IS BROKEN WHILE IN MOTION, IT MIGHT CAUSE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DRIVESHAFT MIGHT FALL DOWN AND IMPACT THE CAR MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW X1. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE SUN ROOF SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BMW OF MORRISTOWN (111 RIDGEDALE AVE, MORRISTOWN, NJ) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUN ROOF SHATTERED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I COMPLAINED TO BMW ABOUT A FILMY FOG COLLECTING INSIDE THR WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE. YOU COULD THOROUGHLY CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD, AND WITHIN 2-3 DAYS, THE FILM WOULD RETURN. THIS WOULD CAUSE DIFFICULTY SEEING THROUGH THR WINDSHIELD, ESPECIALLY AT DUSK AND DAWN. I CLEANED MY WINDSHIELD CONTINUOUSLY FOR APPX 1.5 YEARS, ALL THE WHILE COMPLAINING TO MY DEALER AND BMW CORPORATE. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO MEASURE HOW MUCH BUILDUP ON A WINDSHIELD CAUSED A SAFETY HAZARD, SO THERE WAS NO RECALL OR ANYTHING BMW COULD OR WOULD . SINCE I MAINLY DRIVE AT THISE HOURS, IT WAS A DAILY ISSUE FOR ME. SO, WITH RELUCTANCE WE WERE FORCED TO LOSE MONEY AND TRADE THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER BRAND.........AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO HAVE BMW TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUE.

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WHEN ALL THE VEHICLES INDICATOR LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING, THE SPEED AND RPM NEEDLE STOPPED WORKING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE NAVIGATION EVENTUALLY BLACKED OUT, AND THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. AS WE DRIFTED TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR TURNED ON AGAIN BUT ALL LIGHTS IN THE CAR CONTINUED FLASHING UNTIL THE CAR SHUT OFF ONCE AND FOR ALL. THE CARS COMPUTER WOULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT BROUGHT TO THE SCENE. A BOTTLE OF WATER WAS FOUND OPEN NEAR THE MODULES IN THE TRUNK AND CONFIRMED TO BE THE CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL DAMAGE WHICH DISABLED THE VEHICLE. WATER IN THE TRUNK OF BMW X1 CAUSES VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE VULNERABLE ELECTRONICS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CARGO AREAS. -INSTRUMENT FAILURES -LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE -VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN ON HIGHWAY -DELICATE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DAMAGED BY A BOTTLED WATER -CAUSES ELECTRICAL FIRE OR CARE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING -RISK OF DEATH FOR BMW PASSENGERS AND TO OTHER PARTYS ON THE HIGHWAY -FILED SUNROOF WATER SEAL

BMW X1 LEASED IN MAY 2013: SDRIVE 28I *1ST DEFECT NOTICED: NAV SCREEN & INTERIOR LIGHTING WOULD CUT OFF. COULD NOT BE RESTARTED.CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE OTHER DEFECTS/*ENGINE FAILURE AT HWY SPEEDS:GENERALLY FOLLOWING NAVIGATION BLACK-OUTS- ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING, CUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. /*ENGINE FAILURE WITH FULL ELECTRICAL & LIGHTING FAILURE- NO POWER STEERING- NIGHT TIME/*AUTO START STOP-VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES IN TRAFFIC/*UNPROMPTED ACCELERATION /*BRAKE FAILURE 100% /*GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT REMAIN IN SELECTED P, D, N, R UPON SELECTION/*GEAR SHIFTER-"RANDOMLY" SHIFT INTO OTHER GEAR SELECTIONS WHILE DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS./*POWER SURGES- VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY CHARGE THEN NOT CHARGE IPHONE ( COMPATIBLE MODEL) / WOULD ALSO SEND POWER SURGES TO HEATED SEATS WHEN NOT ON, HEATED SEAT BUTTON NOT LIT UP- WOULD CAUSE SEATS TO BECOME EXTREMELY HOT TO WHERE, IF I COULDN'T EXIT THE VEHICLE, I WOULD HAVE TO TURN ON THE AIR (WOULD ONLY BLOW HOT AIR DURING SURGE) AND SIT ON JACKET./*ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON/*VEHICLE WOULD SPELL OF "BURNING"/*POWER SEATS- RANDOMLY STOP WORKING/*HEADLIGHTS/FOG LIGHTS- RANDOMLY BLEW OUT SHORTLY AFTER LEASING/*VEHICLE WIPERS (FRONT AND REAR)- WOULDN'T WORK "TOGETHER"- WOULD SOMETIMES HIT EACH OTHER DURING HEAVY RAIN/*LOSS OF GPS ALONGSIDE RANDOM CURRENT LOCATION FAILURE(WOULD SAY I WAS IN KANSAS, CA, ETC. WHILE I WAS IN GEORGIA.- DIRECTIONS INTO DEAD ENDS/ NON- EXISTENT ROADS/*BLUETOOTH FAILURE CONSTANTLY/*REAR SEATS WOULD BECOME UNLATCHED IF HARD BRAKING OCCURRED- NOT OPERATOR FAILURE; BACK SEATS WERE "RARELY" MOVED OUT OF UPRIGHT POSITION- NEVER OCCURRED AROUND TIME OF MOVING SEATS./*RADIO FREQUENCY FAILURE/*BMW NA -UNITED BMW- BMW FS-MADE AWARE OF PROBLEM -GIVEN VIDEO FOOTAGE DURING ACTUAL FAILURES- BMW STATED " NOT A LEMON LAW ISSUE." - ALL DOCUMENTED- MONTHS IN SERVICE- COULDN'T FIX. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 65MPH CAR LOSS POWER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.MOTOR RADDLE,HAD RAPID DECLARATION LOSS ALL POWER ALMOST GOT HIT FROM REAREND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY I WAS IN SLOW LANE.JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR . .CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SAID SAFE TO DRIVE.TOOK BACK TO A CAR DEALER.CAR HAD TURBO MALFUNCTION WASTE GATE ACTUATOR.THIS IS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECK

AFTER REPLACE BRAND NEW TIRE FROM BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD, EVERYDAY I DROVE TO WORK THE CAR VARIATION WILL INCREMENT LITTLE BY LITTLE. I HAVE CONTACT BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD AND BMW NORTH AMERICAN CASE #[XXX]. BOTH BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD AND BMW NORTH AMERICAN STATED HAVE TO WAITING UNTIL THE INCIDENT HAPPEN OR BECOME WORSE ISSUES IN ORDER TO FIX IT. THE STEPS I DID AT THE BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD REPLACE 4 BRAND NEW TIRE 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT TIRE BALANCING AND ROTATION RAM TEST. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF AND SEATBELT LIGHT ALWAYS ON WHILE DRIVING TWO DAYS AFTER RECALL FOR DRIVER AIRBAG WAS DONE THIS ISSUE STARTED. THE DEALERSHIP PERSON TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHTS ARE STEADY TO FIX THE PROBLEM , SOMETHING ABOUT A SENSOR OR WEIGHT MAT.

ON 4/26/14 THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT OF THIS VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN A RETRACTED POSITION. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO PULL SEAT BELT OUT OF RETRACTED POSITION TO USE. CONTACTED BMW ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT ANY MALFUNCTION WITH THE SEAT BELT WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THAT VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE OPERATED. REQUESTED THAT WE TRY PULLING HARDER ON THE SEAT BELT, DRIVER APPLIED WHAT HE FELT WAS ENOUGH FORCE TO POTENTIALLY BREAK THE LOCKING MECHANISM, THE SEAT BELT RELEASED. NO FURTHER ISSUES THAT EVENING. NEXT DAY, 4/27/14, THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT AND AUDIBLE ALARM CONTINUED TO SOUND AFTER THE SEAT BELT WAS ENGAGED. SEAT BELT WAS TAKEN OFF AND ALLOWED TO RETRACT AND THEN REBUCKLED, WARNING LIGHT AND AUDIBLE ALARM CONTINUED TO SOUND AFTER THE SEAT BELT WAS ENGAGED. CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. SAME SITUATION. DROVE TO DEALER AND LEFT CAR TO HAVE ISSUE ADDRESSED WHEN DEALER OPENED ON MONDAY. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE ISSUES, INSTRUCTED LEASE HOLDERS TO PICK UP VEHICLE WITH NO CORRECTION OF ISSUE MADE. LEASE HOLDERS REFUSED, CALLED BMW NORTH AMERICA TO SEE IF THEY WOULD INTERVENE, AS LEASE HOLDERS WERE AFRAID TO OPERATE VEHICLE WITH MALFUNCTIONING SEAT BELT. BMW NORTH AMERICA ALSO INDICATED VEHICLE SHOULD BE PICKED UP. AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SERVICE ADVISOR AND THEN A LAWYER, ASKED THAT THE VEHICLE BE KEPT FOR A FEW MORE DAYS OF TESTING OR THAT THE LEASE BE TERMINATED BECAUSE LEASE HOLDERS DID NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE SAFE TO OPERATE. AFTER THIS REQUEST WAS MADE THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY WOULD REPLACE THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY TO ASSIST WITH LEASE HOLDER'S "PEACE OF MIND." I AM OF THE OPINION THAT IF A VEHICLE'S SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONS IT SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER IN AN ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITHOUT REQUIRING THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS WE MADE BEFORE THE REPAIR WAS OFFERED. *TR

THE POWER STEERING IS VERY ROUGH DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN THE CAR WELL

AFTER REPLACE BRAND NEW TIRE FROM BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD, EVERYDAY I DROVE TO WORK THE CAR VARIATION WILL INCREMENT LITTLE BY LITTLE. I HAVE CONTACT BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD AND BMW NORTH AMERICAN CASE #[XXX]. BOTH BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD AND BMW NORTH AMERICAN STATED HAVE TO WAITING UNTIL THE INCIDENT HAPPEN OR BECOME WORSE ISSUES IN ORDER TO FIX IT. THE STEPS I DID AT THE BMW OF ROCKVILLE MD REPLACE 4 BRAND NEW TIRE 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT TIRE BALANCING AND ROTATION RAM TEST. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES HAVE FAILED AT NUMEROUS TIMES. DOORS FLY OPEN WHILE CAR IS MOVING. NOTE IT IS THE LATCH NOT THE LOCK THAT FAILS. *TR

PROBLEM DETECTED AUGUST 2013. CREEPING STICKY-FOG ACROSS LOWER PORTION OF WINDSHIELD WHICH WAS "DIAGNOSED" MARCH-JUNE 2014 AS FUMES RESULTING FROM GLUE AND SUBSTANCES ON/IN DASH, SEATS, ETC.,INTERIOR VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. BEGAN IN AUGUST 2013 AS "FOG" ON PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO DRIVER'S SIDE, OBSTRUCTING DRIVING VISIBILITY. BMW ENGINEER TOLD SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALERSHIP, 6/17/14, ALL VEHICLES PURCHASED IN US, PAST YEAR, HAVE SAME SUBSTANCES AND RESULTING VAPORS. BESIDES VISIBILITY ISSUES, I NEED TO KNOW IF THESE "FUMES" ARE A HEALTH RISK! BMW ENGINEER BLAMED THE CONTINUED VISIBILITY/VAPOR ISSUE ON ME-OWNER/DRIVER BECAUSE VEHICLE NOT PARKED IN A GARAGE AND VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE. COULD NOT STATE IF FUMES/VAPORS WERE TOXIC. *TR

ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES HAVE FAILED AT NUMEROUS TIMES. DOORS FLY OPEN WHILE CAR IS MOVING. NOTE IT IS THE LATCH NOT THE LOCK THAT FAILS. *TR