general problems of the 2004 BMW 530

Unrepaired recalls (1) 12v-126:79 safety: battery cable - insulated bulkhead connector Mar 23, 2012 oem code 12v-126:79 all the dealerships I contacted to fix this recall never replied to me and the battery connection has ruined my electrical components on my vehicle(long beach BMW and cerritos BMW California).

Tl- the contact owns a 2004 BMW 530i. The contact stated while driving 40mph when the vehicle steering wheel became difficult to turn and the front passenger side axel seperated from the body which resulted in the contact crashing the vehicle. Contact stated all airbags deployed and a police report was taken. The contact stated that there was a loud pop before the failure occured. 1 person was injuried which resulted in back soreness, no medical treatment was neeeded. The vehicle was towed to mobile maintenance & towing llc (2014 w gardner ln, tucson, az 85705 (520) 900-1196) the vehicle was destroyed. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with, NHTSA campaign number: 19e058000 (steering) however the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 190,000. Dl.

Active steering malfunction, steering wheel not centered.

While driving suddenly the drive control malfunction alert appeared, a few seconds later, active steering malfunction alert occurred. It did not affect my driving at all, so I continued until able to pull over, and turn the car off, when I restarted the car, both alerts cleared. Next day, after driving for 20 minutes it happened again, once car is turned off and turned back on, alerts disappeared again. Some days does not come on at all, but noticed it occurs more frequent when weather is hot. I live in phoenix, az the temps are in 105-109 range. When cooler weather the alerts do not come on. I am told it will cost over $2000 to replace both sensors. That is nuts. . .

The active steering fault code comes on and states your active steering may not be functioning.

2 week ago my vehicle display " active steering malfunction " and still displays it I have not fixed the problem yet since I hear so many diferent things.

(note: this process does not list the 2004 BMW 745i) I purchased my 2004 745i as a certified pre-owned vehicle from a local BMW dealer in October 2007. Since then on 3 separate occasions the steering has totally locked. This has happened when entering or exiting a parking space and the steering wheel was turned completely to the left (counter clockwise) position. The dealer cannot duplicate the condition and there is no error code recorded in the obdi. On two of the occasions I had to turn the engine off and then restart the car to free the steering. On the last occasion the steering was restored after about 30 seconds with the engine still running. On a fourth occasion the steering was difficult and sluggish but returned to normal a few seconds later. I have a great fear this will happen when I'm traveling on the roadway and not just in my driveway or a parking lot. The dealer insists that they cannot find anything to account for my experiences.

The vehicle was sold to me without removing the shipping spacer form the four coil springs and shock absorbers.