Alternator/generator/regulator Problems of BMW 528

BMW 528 owners have reported 1 problem related to alternator/generator/regulator (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Alternator/generator/regulator problem of the 2012 BMW 528

Failure Date: 11/10/2014

Last month my car was approximately 52,200 miles (out of warranty) and leaking oil all over my driveway and under the hood. It costed me $1570 to fix by replacing the fiter casing. Luckily that the oil leak was in my driveway. What if I was on the freeway? this is totally unsafe car to drive. The local shop told me that the filter housing (2012 version) was made of plastic and the current BMW one 2014 is made of metal. The local shop told me to call BMW if there is any recall for this. So before fixing it local shop, I did call the crevier BMW in santa ana, CA and the service advisor told me that there is no recall for the filter housing and my car was out of warranty. I told the BMW advisor that I cannot believe that a 2012 BMW 528i with 52k miles on it and leaking oil all over the place. The BMW advisor told me that I drove too much. What kind of service is that? and BMW will not cover it. So BMW cannot be driven over 50k miles. I also did call BMW corporate and someone from BMW corporate called me back that and said nothing BMW can do about this. Now I found out because of the oil leak, the alternator is having problem. I want to report this incident so that BMW should be responsible to similar cases of their unsafe cars. Anthony v. Tran 714) 594-8009.

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