Radio/tape Cd Player Problems of BMW 530

The idrive navigation screen goes out and keeps flashing. At night it's a big distraction - as if a flashlight hits your peripheral vision intermittently. There are many who have faced this issue or are facing the same problem. This is a manufacturing defect in my view. I think it's about time that we, americans have a sharp bite as far as foreign car makers create expensive repairs due to its own failures. The main issue is that idrive control - ac - radio - navigation and very importantly heat and warning messages. Without it working you can't know what's wrong up to a greater extent. Most of the cars important aspects are controlled by this computer based system.

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Battery cable/terminal melted. Car would not start on several occasions. After sitting . . . Then car would start. Random start. Also, radio would come on all by itself. Call has just over 100k miles (101,200). Also codes received for cam shaft and air pump which had to be replaced.

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The micro power module in the trunk was burnt on my 2005 530i, now my idrive / audio / nav and pdc has shut down. Car starts and drives normal, except the previously mentioned accessories that no longer work, who know what other damages (if any) resulted from a mpm meltdown. I've read some horror posts of similiar events that caused everything on the vehicle to short out, which meant that basically everything ccc / m-ask / tv module / cd etc. When this happened on my vehicle, the car was actually switched off. It was only when I got back to the car the next morning when I got this strong electrical burn smell from the trunk area. The mpm probably shorted out during the course of the night. Luckilly the car did not caught on fire, cause it could have then burned down my apartments as well, as the car was parked next to my apartment. From what I could visually access, only the mpm unit burned out completely and melted. I just hope that I knocked the mpm out before it could cause any more damage to the car's other electronics. My car is unfortunately no longer under warrantee. The car has already been taken into my local dealership to access the damage and to give me a quote to repair, but they did inform me that it is going to be a costly affair. I find it very interesting that BMW decided to move these modules newer models from the trunk area to the body gateway module which is a much safer environment. Makes you think that they realized that there was a defect with the vehicle in placing them there in the first place. Don't know if it's safe to drive on the road do to the danger of electrical fire. I also have pictures available.

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I'm an owner of the Bmw530i & around the end of April I began to feel a jerk type of motion (a slight acceleration) when I came to a stop . I called the dealer who asked if they could test drive it because they cannot explain what that could be . On 5/30/2013 I took the car into the dealer & I was told the car may just need to be updated because they could not explain what was causing the jerking motion upon stopping . After about 1 hr 1/2 I was told they needed me to give them authorization to push pass there system because for some unknown reason there system keeps stopping/unable to diagnose & the tech says they tried several times & if they continued it could possibly blow my electrical or radio system , they would not take the responsibility . I could not take that chance because that is the only vehicle my self & family has . So at that point the tech & the service mgr explained that there was nothing else they could do & they felt it was still a safe vehicle to drive . BMW should be able to diagnose there own vehicles & is this a manufacturers defect ? I am very disappointed & concerned about the safety & security of my self & my children .

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