3.3
definitely annoying- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 40,800 miles
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Failure-1: 5:50am wed. 4/4, 35mph on regular road, ~12 miles after cold start; symptom: Engine stalled in a sudden; break worked well; transmission auto to P after full stop, could not change gear; battery worked well, head lights and hazard light worked fine; no message on idrive / dashboard; tried 4-5 times to re-start but couldn't; action: Put on hazard light; made phone calls; succeeded to re-start after about 3 min.; failure-2: 6:50pm wed. 4/4, 35mph on regular road, ~20 miles after cold start; symptom: Check-engine light popped on; reduced driving power; car vibration; idrive message "?transmission failure; P, N, R, 3, 5, 6 available; drive moderately to nearest BMW dealer"; put on hazard light, 15mph drove 2 miles to home; high vibration at stop sign; can re-start / change gear at home garage; action: Re-started @ 6:30am thurs. 4/5; check-engine light still on; same idrive message; drove to dealer, picked up the car in the evening; dealer "no problem identified", check-engine light reset; failure-3: 4:05pm mon. 4/9, 5mph turning corner at car park, ~30S after cold start; symptom: Engine stalled in a sudden; loss break (brake pedal harden); hit curb and stopped; transmission auto to P; could not change gear; battery worked well; hazard light worked fine; no message on idrive / dash board; tried 4-5 times to re-start but couldn't; action: Put on hazard light; made phone calls; succeeded to re-start after ~3min; drove to dealer @4:40pm; dealer called @2:00pm wed. 4/11, "no problem or error codes identified", permission for long test drive; dealer E-mail @3:18pm 4/16, "no problem identified after 1-week test-drive"; urged dealer to contact BMW hq for a thorough investigation with definitive report before returning this car back to public road; it has become a severe public road safety concern now!
- Katy, TX, USA
- Brentwood, TN, USA