Five problems related to gas recirculation valve (egr valve) have been reported for the 2011 BMW X5. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 BMW X5 based on all problems reported for the 2011 X5.
Egr failure where the diesel emissions come into the cabin via the hvac system dealer said the egr cooler needs to be replaced. This is a know problem and recall on the 2012 and 2013. This makes the fumes to the driver when first driving the car in the morning dangerous as carbon monoxide and diesel exhaust enter the car. My friend has an exact similar problem and this issue is known on all the BMW boards.
Tl-the contact owns a 2011 BMW X5. The contact stated that the check engine light illumunated. The vehicle would roughly turn off and had a sound of the engine still running when the vehicle was turned off and parked. The dealer checkered flag BMW 5225 virginia beach blvd, virginia beach, va 23462 (866) 414-7820 stated that the extended warranty did not cover the issue. The egr cooler that cools the exhaust fumes was diagnosed as the issue and needed to be replaced and there were no recalls. The manufacturer had not been contacted yet. The failure mileage was 81. 719. Tf.
I am having an exhaust leak into my cabin. I already replaced the egr cooler and it went away, but now the smell is back.
During hard acceleration of the car while getting on the free way ramp, the car went into limp mode. The engine performance was degraded and I had to pull on the side of the road to restart the car. The car was taken to BMW of bellevue next week after initial diagnosis of a dme internal fault by a signature independent kirkland. BMW of bellevue replaced air mass filter and oil filler cap. A few weeks later the issue happening again during regular driving on the freeway. BMW of bellevue diagnosed this as a vacuum hose leak. A few weeks later the car went into limp mode again while getting on the freeway, BMW of bellevue diagnosed this as a high pressure fuel sensor short, BMW of north America opened a puma case, but did not recommend replacing the dme yet. Right after picking up the car I hit the issue again where the car went into limp mode while accelerating on the freeway ramp. BMW of bellevue worked with BMW of na to replace the dme which is covered under warranty. Before handing the car back the service advisor did a test and was able to still reproduce the car going into limp mode getting on the freeway, diagnosis is still not known. It has been 3 months today since the issue first happened and the car has been out of use for more than a month and there is still no conclusion on the root cause.
I purchased car 2011-sole owner dealer state replaces engine pulley bolt 2012? driving in dark and rain in mountains nc 1/24/17. All of a sudden lost ability to steer without a lot of force. Then got dash errors "charging malfunction", "engine overheating" transmission failure "no abs" "drive cautiously ""turn off engine". I could not turn steering wheel hard enough to get off road. Pulled barely to side and turned engine off. Completely stranded and scared to death. Same broken bolt to be replaced. This is lethal situation and I am stuck with a killer car. Cannot afford to dump it. This car has required towing several times for engine failure that was "repaired". But I don't know what was done. In prior separate incident I was driving along engine light came on car sputtered and stopped-required towing. And takata recall also still waiting for airbags shoot shards. BMW will not replace. They think it is not hot in nc. I call 104 degrees hot.