BMW X3 owners have reported 2 problems related to engine exhaust system (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Engine seized at only 58k miles right at the airport, would not start again. It was later towed to the dealer and a new engine was replaced. 6 months later at 61k miles, huge plumes of white smokes is coming out of the exhaust. Drove to the dealer again and was informed that the turbocharger is broken.
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1. No advance warning. 2. Failure of pcv valve system, with resulting immediate consumption of engine oil through combustion process. Engine stalls and vehicle is brought to complete stop. The failure has occurred three times in the past 3 years. 3. Pcv related hardware replaced in first incident, with claim that "redesign" would prevent recurrence. Same in second and third incident. This is not only an inconvenient problem, it is also safety related, as the problem can result in the vehicle being immobilized in traffic. It is also not an isolated problem, based on what BMW technicians and other mechanics have related.
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