BMW 328 owners have reported 31 wheel related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common wheel problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's wheel (31 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Wheel problems |
Tire pressure monitor failure intermittently reported while driving. The error lights up on the dashboard. Sometimes the tmp resets without my resetting the system. I took the car to the dealer and was told nothing is wrong with the system. The dealer told me to drive the car more frequently. This has happened over the last several years. Driver's door intermittently fails to lock and/or will not open (intermittently) using the interior door latch handle mechanism. The door will unlock using the electronic locking and unlocking switch/button located on the center of the dashboard. The problem would be exiting the vehicle in an emergency without electrical systems functioning. This has happened starting in the first year of purchase - 2017 continuing through 2025.
After a drive from denver to breckenridge on snowy roads the car was parked in an unplowed parking space. When the car was moved 1 hr later the car had no abs--flashing on dash, no traction control--flashing on dash and steering was ineffective. Car was only drivable by backing into a space. 20 hrs later the car was to be moved again. . . Again, everything flashed on dash. . . No abs, no traction control, drive train failure and car just slid. Steering was totally ineffective. Car was pushed by people on both sides until dry pavement was reached. Car was restarted and I resumed driving on dry pavement back to denver. Had car "read" by my mechanic and then again by a BMW certified mechanic. No codes were available! the speculation was that my wheel sensors froze. If my xdrive can't be driven in snow, what's going on. There were two drivers involved in this and both of us reported a total lack of control of the vehicle.
Oem wheels had been taken off for winter and stored outside under cover. They had been fine when taken off. When put back on, one was found to have low pressure. It was pumped to proper inflation. The next day while driving, the low pressure warning went off. The wheel was checked and ~1" crack was found from the inboard outer edge of the rim toward the center. Rim is a 17"x7. 5 BMW alloy wheel that came with the car. There was no damage to the tire, which had been put on about 7000 miles earlier. Wheel had about 120000 miles. Safety concern is from unexpected loss of air pressure putting tire at risk of excessive wear and failure.
When turning left or right, the power to the wheels is not engaged. However, when the tire is straight, the power engages. This action prevents you from driving normally. To drive, you have to straighten out the wheel straight. Then as you increase velocity, you make your turn. Can be very unsafe as you are driving if this happens (breaks) on the road.
I purchased my vehicle and my 3rd top center brake light has never worked. My tires the tread seems low and I should have had new tires on the car when I purchased it. The steering seems more difficult when turning than it should be. Also I didn't receive 2 keys. My owners manual says I should receive 2 keys. I also had to order my owners manual and my car didn't come with it's owners manual.
Vibration starting from 60mph, rumbling, droning noise and vibration could felt throughout the cabin. Spent 4 or time times roadforced rebalancing tires, two sets of oe continental ssr tires and repairing wheels but no change with the unpleasant and annoying vibration. Could be a defects with the driveline/driveshaft? I wanted to replace the u-joint but it is non serviceable driveshaft. Requesting BMW to look into this issue as others BMW models having recall on defective driveshaft. Car has just 80k miles.
Driving 30 mph tpms light came on indicating front driver tire low, got home and took tried to inflate tire, with no luck. Took tire off and the inside tire wall had blown out. 1 month later the same blow out occurred on passenger rear tire. There was good tread on both tires. Don't know if it matters, but both tires where run flat. I have contacted bridgestone, but no response. I'm attaching pictures.
I was driving at a slow speed during heavy traffic in town at 4 pm on a sunny day. The car ahead of me slowed down even more and when I was trying to slow my car too, it did not slow down at all. I did hit the car ahead of me at a slow speed and the air bag deployed causing severe injury to my right wrist and to the left wrist. It caused profuse bleeding because the air bag caused cuts in my wrist area, very close to a vein. A five inch hematoma appeared within minutes in the right wrist and the skin was scraped off both wrists. Several burn marks are also visible all the way up to the bend of my arms. The police came within minutes and they bandaged my wrists to try to stop the bleeding. An ambulance was called and the emt wanted to transport me to a hospital.
Greetings: we have a 2015 Bmw328i which came with continental sport/contact tires installed since new. The vehicle has approximately 26000 miles. During a recent regular maintenance visit it was determined that the tires have become unsafe due to broken/separated cord which has caused the tread to raise unevenly causing excessive road noise and vibration while driving. The tires were determined to be unsafe and were replaced. We also had this same issue on a 2015 Honda civic equipped with oem continental tires and had the same symptoms when new and those tires were replaced prior to 1000 miles with new continental oem tires and again showed scalloping and uneven tread raise by 12000 miles. We find this a trend with these tires and have preempted a catastrophic failure of these tires by replacing them, at our expense, since the dealerships will not honor a tire warranty. We also feel that this is a safety concern that the consumer and operators of vehicles equipped with these tires be made aware of.
Rear rims cracked with run flat tires. Second rim to crack.
I purchased a 2013 BMW 328xi certified pre-owned sedan 6/22/16 for my wife. It came with 18" wheels and pirelli cinturato run-flats. The tire-pressure monitor (tpm) warning started coming on a few months after we bought it, so I put air in the tires. But it started happening more frequently. I took it in for service. The diagnosis was that the passenger rear wheel was cracked and leaking air. I asked if the tire was damaged and they said there was no visible damage but they recommend replacing it anyway because the wheel was damaged. I asked what would cause a crack in an alloy wheel, and their answer was that she �probably hit a pothole�. I couldn't believe that was all it would take, because it's impossible to avoid hitting potholes on our freeways. My wife drives very carefully and only put 5,700 miles on the car in 14 months. They said it was because the run-flats don't provide enough cushion to protect the wheel from road impacts. I bought a new wheel (BMW gave me 50% off) and took the car to a tire store to buy a set of conventional tires to replace the run-flats. They said there was no damage to the tire on the cracked wheel, and no evidence of impact. I have the cracked wheel and its tire. I feel that BMW is putting drivers at risk because there's no way to avoid hitting potholes under normal driving conditions. They've essentially acknowledged that it's a hazard because they sell tire & wheel insurance to new owners (but not to buyers of certified pre-owned like us). The tire store manager told me that he's had �lots� of BMW owners come in with cracked wheels. There are also many similar complaints on the internet. Plus BMW settled a class-action lawsuit over cracked wheels on their z4 model. And since the car has no room for a spare tire, BMW has put owners who switch to conventional tires at risk.
My rima keep cracking on normal pothole drives. I had three wheels fixed once, and one wheel fixed twice. Then I had to replace another wheel with a new wheel from BMW dealership because r was not repairable. The rims are oem starspoke 194 m.
The contact owns a 2013 BMW 328i. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle independently drifted from side to side. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the wheels needed to be aligned; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was determined that the vehicle was functioning as designed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer a third time, but the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle had previously been serviced per NHTSA campaign number: 13v454000 (service brakes, hydraulic). While driving at an unknown speed, the contact noticed a burning oil odor and noticed smoke coming from the vehicle. The contact drove home and discovered that the vehicle had an oil leak. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the vacuum pump failed, was leaking, and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in a recall. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.
There is an electrical short in my car (BMW 328xi 2010). This electrical short can not be found easily. It causes my car to loose power while driving or it will not restart after only minutes after turning the car off. The power loss due to the electrical short/issue occurs without warning.
Fourth wheel speed sensor was replaced today. The car has about 27,000 miles. The first sensor failed when the car was about 2 1/2 years old. The fact that all four wheel speed sensor have failed suggests to me a design or manufacturing flaw. It is a safety issue in that the abs, stability control, and cruise control are disabled when this happens.
Driving in the town of blacksburg va. A two lane with bus access lane didn't quit move over enough and my passenger tires scrubbed the curb that set off both front air bags, broke front and moon roof glass blew drivers sun visor to the back window,broke both drink holders in the passangers front dash.
The wheels/rims on my BMW are contributing to my tires faults. The bridgestone potenza rts tires are constantly having bubbles form on the tires with normal driving. I have replaced several tires as a result. They tell me it is road hazard. If that was the case I would have replaced tires on my other cars that I drive much more frequently. Last week another blowout on interstate 395 in va. $500 for a new tire and then they find another tire with a bubble. BMW is at fault as well.
Driving on 35e going south to exit 94 east on the far left lane and I hit a large pothole that popped the front passenger tire. There was a truck with a flat tire on the far left lane during this time due to same pothole.
At 32k miles I had a cracked rim after a tire rotation. At 56k miles I have another cracked rim after tire rotation. I have read up and many people are saying they have cracked rims even with people up to 10k miles are seeing this. I drive normal and have not hit pot holes or curbs. The cost is 395. 00 a rim and not covered under warrenty they say it my driving me hitting something. I owend a 2007 BMW 328i for 6 years and drove the heck out of that car hitting holes, crubs, stuff in road and never had this problem I am having now.
Tl- the contact owns a 2010 BMW 328i convertible. The contact stated that the check engine light had and service air bag light had warning indicator had illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag and restraint system had malfunctioned, and the vehicle needed an oil change. The vehicle was repaired however the vehicle began making an abnormal noise from the engine. Prior to this failure the vehicle began shaking abnormally and had abnormal tire wear. The vehicle was taken to the delaer where it was diagnosed that vehicle needed new tires and an alignment. The vehicle was repaired however the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the lug nut wheel bolts were loose, the vehicle needed new tires, and the vehicle needed an alignment. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000. Kh.
Rear alloy wheel is cracked resulting in loss of pressure. No impact occurred to cause this crack.
I had a tire with low pressure. Took car in to replace tires. Tire service station attendant refused to mount the new tires due to cracks in three of the wheels. I have never hit a pot hole nor driven on rough pavement.
I just discovered that the left rear rim on my 2007 BMW 328 convertible is cracked. My car has less than 38k miles on it. The tires are 225/45 17� run-flats. I had four new tires put on about 6 months ago. I got the ¿low tire pressure� warning light about a week ago when I started the car. I checked, didn¿t notice anything, and reset the tpm successfully. Since it was a cold morning, I figured the sensor was just reacting to pressure change due to the temperature change. A few days later, it came again. I decided to check, and found the pressure was down to about 25 psi. I filled the tire to recommended psi. I drove about 260 miles on Sunday, mostly freeway speeds. When I was about 30 miles from home, the warning light came on again. At that time I was on a freeway, going about 70 mph. Once I got to home, I filled the tire (again it was about 25 psi), and the warning stopped. Yesterday the light came on, and I took it to my local tire shop. They didn¿t find a puncture; but remounted it and filled it. I drove home, and a few hours later, the warning came on again. This morning, I took it back to the shop, and they again removed the tire. This time they did a very close inspection and found the crack in the rim. They are ordering me a replacement rim. From what I have seen on the internet, there seems to be a problem with the BMW rims and run-flat tires. This is definitely a safety issue, if the rim would have a catastrophic failure while the car was traveling at highway speeds this could be deadly.
While driving at about 26mph, I heard and felt two loud cracks on my left side of the car. Immediately after, my car slouched on the left-hand side, the vehicle stopped suddenly and both airbags deployed. I was knocked out for a while and when the authorities arrived, we investigated the area and noticed that there was no collision with anything or anyone, other than both of my two left-side rims were cracked radially and there was damage to the suspension. In addition, the authorities confirmed there were no potholes, obstacles, or any other object that could have produced the incident.
While having new tires installed, installer identified a crack in the rim of the right rear tire. Told me he had seen this on similar Bmws before, told me to return it to dealer right away, which I did.
Accident happened in los angeles. I was heading east on 3rd street ( main road) 2 lanes, I was on the right lane. Opposite side also has 2 lanes going west. Westmoreland is an intersection on 3rd street and has the stop sign. The vechile crossed 3 lanes of traffic and hit my car on the drive side rear wheel and quarter panel. At the time of impact, the momentum had me going almost sideways onto oncoming traffic. And my biggest concern was, the 2 passenger side doors flung open. Everyone had their seatbelts on. My wif'e's shoulder bag which was tucked on the floor on the front passenger ended up in the middle of the road on 3rd westmoreland. The car was disable and can't be driven because the rear wheel was bent. I have reported it to my insurance company and told the BMW authorized repair shop. I am not sure if the doors where designed to open during a collision but inquiries to BMW customer relations and dealership has gotten nowhere. I am concerned that when the car is fixed, I maybe driving a car that has a safety defect.
Took vehicle in for low pressure on right rear tire. Tires had been mounted approximately 3 months prior, when mechanic took rim off to test for leak discovered three cracks in rim along outside of inner rim. Has original rims that came with car, BMW 10 spoke 17" alloy style 159. Tires mounted are run flat as they are replacements for original equipment.
When I went to a tire store to purchase winter treads I discovered the rim on the back left wheel was cracked. The mechanics told me if I continued driving on it the cracked rim, the wheel could come off. I have owned a number of BMW's and never seen a cracked rim. (even when I lived in the pot hole littered ne) three days ago I went to the same tire store because there appeared to be a leak in the new, left rear tire. The rim was cracked in 4 places. This is scary and it is also extremely costly as the rims are about $300+. To have two of these rim failures in a month is a bit shocking. BMW says parts fail through normal wear and tear (not on any of my previous BMW's) the tire store says the rims are a very thin aluminum to make the car faster and they see a number of failures. Not safe.
I just purchased a 2007 used BMW 328xi with ~45k miles. One week to the date of purchase, the tire pressure warning light came on in the car. I took it to the dealership (still under warranty for 5k more miles) and they told me I had a cracked rim, "likely due to impact. " I have driven it only on roads under normal conditions, hitting no significant potholes or other road obstructions. The rim is not covered under warranty and will cost ~$500 to replace. I checked this out incident reports online and it seems that many people have complained about the rims/run-flat tires being defective under normal driving conditions.
Runflat tires on BMW 328xi are not suited to american roads. Hit a pothole on the highway with the runflat tires. Wheel was damaged and tire was damaged as well. Runflat tires seem less resilient than standard tires, and result in greater likelihood of wheel damage. Tire did not go flat, but wheel and tire need replacement.
2 aluminum wheels are bent, causing the vehicle to shake.