general problems of the 2008 BMW X5

Airbag light is on for passenger and fuel injectors messed up. This is a 2008 and other ones had recalls. I don’t understand why mine did not lights are flickering a little bit and before it was smoking really bad and I had to get that fixed.

My 2008 BMW X5 4. 8i almost caught fire. The fuel pump connector is burnt into the fuel pump harness. My local mechanic said this was like a ticking time bomb. The issue is these trucks are known for this problem and there was a recall for this but my VIN coming up with no recalls when this truck is clearly apart of the bad batch , I have pictures for proof.

Ive been experiencing drive train problems with my vehicle and upon research ive concluded that not just only me but many people with the same vehicle as mine have been having transfer case/driveshaft/differential problems and the scary part is that no codes pop up for this issue!! I've already took it to many shops ive even took it to an official BMW dealership and they dont seem to help but the real reason im reaching out is because I nearly had a near death experience related to this issue on the freeway. . The vehicle seemed to shake violently and felt like it wanted to seize up while driving and had to do an emergency pull over but once again it doesnt throw no codes and not only that I've already spent thousand of dollars into this car for it to react like that while driving! please ???? hear me out and help me resolve this as soon as possible. . Thank you - mr. Solano.

My 2008 BMW X5 was taken to a shop to be diagnosed due to diagnosis as followed:( low coolant light coming on) “coolant crossover pipe from timing belt cover leaking” it is available for inspection, although it is not safe to drive. The low coolant light went off after I put more in it and did not come back on. Me and my then 10 month old were picking my 14 year old up from school and I noticed smoke pouring out of the hood. There was no warning lights or anything. Then the air conditioner started to blow smoke out as well. I cut the car off and it continued to smoke for approximately an hour. The car was about to catch on fire with no warning lights and the hazardous smoke out of the vents. The problem was diagnosed by dan’s auto center. I can not move my car because it will smoke at the engine and cause a fire risk. The low coolant sensor came on a few days after purchased. I took it to get it diagnosed and the cost from that place quoted approximately 3,000 dollars. I put coolant in it and did not drive it for awhile. The sensor went off and the coolant was still full. There were no signs, no sensor, no overheating, just all the sudden huge clouds of smoke coming from my hood of the car. BMW has a lot of recalls for this same situation, but my car (year) is not listed. I do not understand this. Please add my car to the list, this is a 2000 to 3000 job and I have to get my car towed to a place if I ever can. Can I take this to a BMW place and ask them to fix due to other recalls? this was very scary for me and my children. “the egr cooler may leak internally, causing coolant to mix with diesel engine soot, which could result in smoldering particles, a melting intake manifold, and potentially fire,”according to BMW.

Pcv my safety of my self and my 5 yr 17 yr I use my BMW X5 to take my kids or doctors and school and I work too and something need to be happen about this bc my family are at risk of getting caught on fire when iam starting up the car black smoke or white smoke comes out and when iam driving and people who are behind in they car get smoke out my lots of smoke that comes from my car in back and yes ita a recall on my car manufactuer no warning just smoke and driving very and had it look at then I was told.

My car started leaking gasoline from back under rear passenger tire, after I was running for more than one hour, I experienced gasoline smell and I checked it out and I saw a gasoline dripping from the area, the car was on and running but when I stopped the car I smelled gasoline so I fallowed the smell and I saw the dripping, I turned off and waited for the car to cool down, and I started after and the leak stopped, now I'm worried about it, because I can't drive the car to far or for to long because I might get bigger issues, because the leak is right before the muffler and the muffler gets hot , and maybe if a drip gets to the muffler something bad can happen, I just need some help with this issue, thank you.

I was driving in interstate 4 hwy. Going about 50 mph trying to speed but no control of the accelerator. Thankfully I managed to merge rights in the car switch from driving park. I called BMW headquarter and they said days no recall for this vehicle. Also I contacted may warranty company "concord auto protect" they said it's not covered because it's under recall. So I have no idea how's right?! please help me. Thanks.

While driving my vehicle in motion, a warning sensor came on stating that my vehicle engine was overheating. Then, my vehicle came to a complete stop, making it unable to drive.

My car was apart of the recall takata . Part was repaired by bloomfield dealership, took a week . Pick up car on Thursday , by Friday morning the coolant light turned on . I called the office Friday , no response left message , Saturday called twice no response or call back . I called today Monday 12/4 left a message with the receptionist as the service manager was unavailable. Was told I'd receive a call back , I have yet to hear back . . Due to their faulty repair my car is unsafe to drive.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags), 16v746000 (fuel system,gasoline), and 17v020000 (air bags). The parts do to the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair because the recall notices were received over a year ago. The dealer (BMW greenwich) and (BMW mamaroneck, 110 midland Ave, port chester, NY 10573 (914) 881-3600) were contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedies. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact received a postcard from tk holdings, alerting him that they filed for bankruptcy. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available for NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 17v020000 (air bags). Parts distribution disconnect for NHTSA campaign number: 16v071000 (air bags).

Computer system does not function properly, causing vehicle to go into transmission error mode-vehicle abruptly loses power and speed while driving. This has happened on highway (saw our lives flash before our eyes as semis bore down on us and almost drove over us/other vehicles trying to avoid collisions and in town with several near-collisions involving ours' and other vehicles. Vehicle has had several recalls and computer system has been updated at our expense with problem not resolved and we are told we need new tranny. We do not believe this is so as when you turn off vehicle and turn it back on-code disappears and car drives fine until you go up a hill or let foot off accelerator/ accelerate, ect. Instead of addressing the problem with the computer system, dealerships make bank on replacing transmissions that soon fail again due to the computer issues.

"takata recall" airbags have not been replaced nor serviced. Recall campaign� 13v-045: inspect brake booster vacuum supply line. � involves the e70 (x5) with the n62tu engine produced from September 2006 to March 2010. � si b34 04 13 (labor operation 00 61 028)- brake booster vacuum supply line was replaced in July 2013 at BMW hawai'I . . . Requesting safety recall repair procedure for labor operations 00 61 029 and sublet code 4. Due to brake booster 'total failure'. � vehicle will continue to slightly move forward with brake peddle fully pressed. Vehicle will move forward with brake peddle fully pressed when vehicle is placed in drive. Extremely dangerous to travel uphill or down hill because vehicle will not remain stationary with brake fully pressed. Owner unaware of brake booster failure due to having no knowledge of brake mechanics. � annotated total failure of brake booster and possible brake master cylinder. Si b34 04 13 -� if a prior repair was performed- applicable recall procedures�must be still performed. The repair described in this bulletin is covered under warranty regardless of time or mileage (p. 4-5).

The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags), 16v364000 (air bags), and 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Jackie cooper BMW Mini in oklahoma city, oklahoma was made aware of the recall and stated that the parts were available; however, the vehicle could not be serviced for eight to ten weeks. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to the dealer. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5 . The contact received NHTSA campaign number: 16v364000 (air bags) and 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags), 16v364000 (air bags) and 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline) and stated that the parts needed for the repairs were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Part distribution disconnect and VIN tool confirms part not available.

The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags), 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline), and 17v020000 (air bags). The parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect and VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact stated there was a fuel odor in the vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags) and 16v746000 (fuel system, gasoline); however, the part for the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 77,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

In October of 2015 while making a right turn very slowly into a one lane drive thru, my BMW X5 accelerated climbed up a 2 foot wall that was on the drivers side rode the front drivers side wheel upon the wall. I tried to break and pull the hand brake the car would not stop. I turned the steering wheel to the right the car hopped off the wall on to the ground and I turned off the car. The car just accelerated so fast and hard my sister and I could not believe how it climbed the tile wall with one wheel and came down to the ground. Now I had just got the car back from the dealership 5 days earlier when they replaced the water pump and replaced the 2 front tires and did a wheel alignment a $2500. 00 job. It was very scary luckily there was no people or another car close by. I immediately called the dealership and took it in the next morning. I explained what happened I felt that the car had a malfunction with the accelerator it made the car go so fast and hard. It wasn't just a crash into the wall it climbed the wall. Of course BMW said the engineer said there is nothing wrong with the brakes or drive shaft? what gets to me is that I just got the car back from the local dealership. I feel like the power of the vehicle was so strong and powerful there was no way that it could hop on the wall like that and not just crash straight into the wall. Oh side note the very next morning 10-12-2015 my sister heard on abc morning news that a BMW SUV just ran into a glass window at a store the car accelerated on it's own!.

The car would not startor stall at the traffic light.

When I was driving around 30 mph and about to merge onto the highway, an orange warning sign came up that the engine was overheating and then immediately afterward a red sign came up stating that the engine was overheated and I could hear the loud noise from the fan. Immediately after that the vehicle stalled and I had to pull over to the shoulder. I waited for about 15 min. And when I restarted the vehicle, the fan was still loud and the red engine overheated sign came up again. I then had the vehicle towed to a repair facility. They diagnosed the issue as a defective electric water pump and said that the water pump and thermostat need to be replaced. The estimate for repair including parts and labor is around $1700. 00. The vehicle is beyond the 4 year, 50000 miles warranty and apparently there are no recalls for this issue. Searching the internet, I am seeing numerous complaints from 2008 BMW X5 owners who experienced this exact same issue and had the same diagnosis. This is a very serious safety issue - when driving on a busy highway and suddenly losing all power in the vehicle, very few drivers would be lucky enough to pull over safely and avoid a serious accident. I request that the NHTSA consider this serious safety issue from a recall perspective due to the potential harm it can do to the lives of motorists who may not be lucky enough to avoid a serious crash. I believe the manufacturer should be held accountable for the basic safety of the vehicle. They should the needful to help owners fix the issue proactively, before it causes harm to more motorists.

The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle decelerated independently and engaged into limp mode. The vehicle then stalled as the parking brake and engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted and was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the braking system failed and there was an xdrive malfunction. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 10v518000(fuel system, gasoline ) that could have been related to the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 19,150.

Takata recall sludge forming in oil unit.