general problems of the 2005 BMW X5

My father was sitting in his parked car in his driveway and his car caught on fire. A neighbor witnessed it she said it was engulfed in flames within seconds and my father died from smoke inhalation due to the fire. Aberdeen wa police department and fire department examined the vehicle and investigated the cause and determined it started in the vehicle engine. Also the coroner did an autopsy to determine his cause of death. From what I understand there has been numerous similar fires with this model yet it hasn’t been included in any recall. It is unknown to me whether there were any indicator lights on. He had only owned the vehicle for less than a week I believe. I am having the vehicle returned to me now that the police and fire department are finished examining it. As far as I know they are the only ones to have contact with it since the fire.

On January 10 2019 I was driving to work when suddenly my BMW decides to shut off on the highway with no warning. My steering wheel stiffened up and I almost crashed my car. There was no warning light or nothing blinking on the dash to warn me of any problems. I just payed off my car and this happens to me. Its been really hard not having a car and not being able to take my kids to school. I reached ut to napleton kia and BMW of northamerica and they do not want to help me. They basically sold me an unsafe car which could of killed my family. Mechanic basically says that the motor seized without warning. And it would be 6000$ to fix. If you look online theres hundreds of people with the same problem and BMW does not want to help. A true lemon.

I was at a stop sign then accelerated onto a round-a-bout when the vehicle stopped it would not accelerate even though my foot was on the gas pedal and the car was still on. I tried signaling my emergency lights but the whole inside of the dashboard was going on & off not letting me signal anything. I put the vehicle in park & turned off the car. When I tried turning it back on it would just click and all lights would turn on. I waited for 20 min then tried to start it again & it did start but then sounded like it was dying out and eventually would shut off, there was more than a half tank of gas in the vehicle.

Excess smoking upon starting. One week later excess smoking continuously . . So much smoke I could not use car.

Started my BMW X5 year 2005 (now with 59,500 miles)in cold weather (milwaukee, WI). Upon acceleration on expressway ramp a large cloud of white smoke blew out tailpipes. This occurred on two separate occasions recently. Prior to this, in February 2010 (with 50,000 miles), oil separator was replaced for $ 2000 cost. This time dealer replaced the same parts and system at no charge. Same part failed twice in one year, in a span of 10,000 miles.