2.4

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,605 miles

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problem #1

Jan 042005

528 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 64,605 miles
I bought a 1999 BMW 528I new. I brought the car regularly into service based upon their prescribed service program for this car. At 49,600 miles on the car and exactly 5 years old, the transmissions on this car failed. BMW replaced the transmission under the warranty. In December 2004, with 64,205 miles I took the car to the dealership and complained about a burning smell coming from the vents after car is warmed up. At 64,605 miles, car breaks down on road and is towed into the BMW dealership and the diagnosis is that a new motor is needed. This car had a catastrophic failure of the motor as a result of failure of the oil pump to lubricate the engine. The dealership has basically blamed the situation on us and not the failure of this BMW engine that was maintained according to their maintenance standards. There is real problem with BMW engines and based upon my research it relates to bolts on the oil pump loosening from the car's vibration thereby not allowing oil to be pump into the engine. Also, my rear door does not open anymore. A real safety issue when you have children in the back seat.

- Garden City, NY, USA

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