Battery Problems of BMW 745

~tl the contact owns a 2003 BMW 745i. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, the fan belt fractured and the light came on stating to pull over since the vehicle was overheating. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact stated that a week later, the hood was opened and smoke was seen coming from the computer panel as a fire started. The contact extinguished the fire with a water hose and disconnected the battery. The vehicle stopped smoking once the battery was disconnected. The dealer and manufacturer have not been contacted. The failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was not available. Tf.

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My BMW is still dead as a door knob sitting where it was last sitting after I had gotten it from the BMW service department last going on about 2 months ago. Some of the lights on the dashboard that are still flashing on and off before and after the new batteries were installed 1. Transmission failsafe drive moderately 2. Dynamic drive inactive 3. Engine overheating light was going on and off continuously. 4. The recharge battery light was still flashing on and off. Note: now the engine overheating light is going on and off continuously, and the recharge battery light has come on again after the new battery has been installed by BMW. Also as mentioned earlier, it is hard to get my car to shift into the drive and reverse gears as well as to put my car into park. As of now, my BMW is still totally inoperable. The car is so dead now that even my key will not stay in the switch when I attempt to try and crank it. My key just bounce right back out. I had my insurance company roadside service to come out and try and give it a jump off about 2 weeks ago. They did, the BMW cranked, but my partner could not get it to go into the drive nor reverse gears. I dont know what it going on with my BMW. All I know is something is wrong with this car and it desperately need to be fixed or totaled out. The catch is, the BMW service department here keeps telling me and the young lady that hit my car insurance company nationwide, that they cant find anything wrong with my car even after they have performed several diagnostic tests on the car. So as a result they will not say that what is going on with my car is accident related.

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Family & I had been in vancouver bc for vacation. We began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. About 1am early Thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. We pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. We called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. Once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. We arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. Once open a tech inspected the vehicle. We learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. The portland oregon BMW dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. They replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. Once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. After doing a few days of research, I learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels. Com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. I have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.