Power Steering Pump Problems of BMW 325

Power steering pump breaking, looked up online and its a common problem with this type car, very dangerous if driving down road when it breaks, especially if its a know problem.

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02/19/2014 on a dry day,while driving in the center lane on I-4 around lakeland-FL, with 70mph a fedex vehicle's right rear tire blew off in front of me. I hit the brakes to avoid collision. Abs did not work and my brakes locked, my car has started spinning (3-4 times). My car went from the middle lane to the left lane then to the most right lane and off the road. Luckily I did not hit any other vehicles or the metal/concrete barriers while spinning out of the road. After the incident,while driving I have noticed a lymping at slow speed and high vibration at higher speeds. All 4 tires were damaged . 3 warning lights appeared on the dashboard: dsc + abs + brake(red color). On 02/22 I took my vehicle to my mechanic. All 4 tires were found were because of the braking. The diagnostcis tool read: 5df5 - control unit internal failure. I needed 4 new tires and my tires had 9/32 thread depth and were almost new. On Sunday - 02/23/2014 - I took in my vehicle for the tires. The tire shop declined to replace the tires under warranty because they were damaged by braking. They were nice enough to give me a discount and replaced the tires for $350. Teves dsc mk60 has been a problem not only in Bmws but other brands such as vw and Audi. Just google it. If you are lucky the issue surfaces itself while the vehicle is under warrantyif not, the abs pump unit is over $2300+labor and dsc module is over $1100+labor. I already spent $500 for the tires and brake flush. I have to pay one of the above prices to get my abs fixed. I did not have any warning lights before my abs (if dsc does not work abs does not work) failed. The lights came on for a few days and now they are not on this is very dangerous and needs to be investigated by NHTSA and fixed by BMW USA with a recall. I could have killed myself or hurt/kill other innocent people on that highway. Abs/dsc are very important safety components.

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In the events leading up to the failure, the car had been parked for 1 hour. I got into the car, put the key in the ignition and noticed the steering wheel felt very tight. I turned the car off and then turned it back on, I tried to reverse the car and started to back out of the parking spot but was able to turn the wheel while backing out of the spot, meanwhile I was using all of my strength but then I could not turn the wheel and got stuck in the middle of the road and I had to have a by-stander help push the car to a parking lot while I tried to turn the wheel. The complaint is that if this problem turns out to be the power steering pump this will be the 3rd time I have had it replaced in this car and I believe that is unheard of! I have this replaced at least 1 time a year which seems excessive. Each time this happens that car has been completely fine and suddenly the power steering will go, it is very scary and I am afraid that it will happen one day while I am in the middle of driving.

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High pressure steering pump line burst leading to loss of steering power assistance.

My cousin was on his way to get on interstate. . . . . All of sudden his 2003 BMW 325i steering wheel locked as he tried to leave from a parking lot. . . He had to brake hard and glad there was nothing on his way. . . I m just glad that this didn't happen while he was in interstate. . . . . This all happen around 6pm-7pm. . . So he called BMW and had towed to local dealer. . . They called us back on 3rd day and told us our power steering pump went bad and we will have to replace it. . . . And they want me pay for this and price tag is about $1200. . . . Please check on this issue and see if this can be major recall. . . . I m sure this must have happen in past or may happen to cars that are on our interstate which may carry little children's or young kids like my cousin. . . .

The contact owns a 2003 BMW 325i. While driving approximately 50 mph on normal road conditions, the contact had to use greater force to turn the steering wheel. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the failure was related to the power steering pump. Currently, the vehicle is inoperable and has not been repaired. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The failure and current mileages were 40,400.