Five problems related to driveshaft have been reported for the 2012 BMW X5. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl- the contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph a loud banging noise and smoke was present coming from the engine area. After stopping the vehicle was towed to the home. Upon inspection it was discovered that the drive shaft had severed. The local dealer jacky cooper BMW located at 14201 n. Broadway ext. Oklahoma city, ok. And the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact indicated that the drive train was previously service under a manufactures service campaign. The failure mileage was 131,000. Jft.
While driving 75 mph 250 miles away from home the drive shaft on my BMW X5 broke. I think the recall number is 17v-138. I was on a major highway in the left lane. The car was bucking around, smoking and was very very difficult to steer. Before this the car was driving perfectly. It happened in an instant. I was able to get to the side of the road without injuring myself or my passengers. I had my car towed to a local garage who said it was catastrophic. I looked up on your website and saw the drive shaft was a recall. I was never informed of this by BMW. I had my home garage go get it. They sent it to a BMW dealer who had it over 2 months. They replaced the engine. It was returned to my garage. I drove it about 10 miles before the transmission warning light came on and the car lost the inability to accelerate. I was on the thruway so this was very scary. BMW is saying this has nothing to do w the drive shaft breaking and killing the engine as parts were flying around inside. 5 days before the original incident I had the car checked over by my garage as I was going on a trip. I was told my car should have the transmission fluid and filter changed next time in but it wasn't urgent. I am now looking at a $5000 repair. Obviously this is from the catastrophe. BMW should pay for this repair, reimburse me for all the towing charges and reimburse my garage for letting me have a loaner for over 2 months. Please help. I have pictures and will try to upload them.
2012 BMW X5. Consumer writes in regards to various safety recall notices received for vehicle. The consumer stated the engine malfunctioned and required a software update. The vehicle's air springs needed to be replaced. The coolant tank cracked causing coolant to leak from the vehicle. The oil gasket was leaking and needed to replaced.
Driveshaft failure. I was driving down the interstate on a straight and level section of the road. I heard a loud humming from the engine area so I slowed down and then I heard a loud pop and metal grinding and hitting under the car. My vehicle is out of warranty, so I had it towed to my independent mechanic that specializes in european vehicles. They said the driveshaft "fell apart" and as I was slowing down it was still spinning and banged around causing damage to my exhaust system and oil pan. I researched and found that 2011 vehicles had been recalled for a defect that could cause the driveshaft to fail, so I called BMW and they told me that since my vehicle was not listed on the recall that there was nothing they could do. I tried calling them again in regards to the prior year's recall and asked if it may include 2012 model vehicles at a later date and they could not give me an answer. It seems strange that a vehicle manufactured 4 months after a recall has the same issue but somehow it is not covered. I called my local BMW service center and they told me that they added a 10 year warranty onto the driveshaft parts, but I must not have been notified. So if I would have taken it to them, they would have fixed it for free, but since I didn't, they couldn't do anything for me. The NHTSA campaign # for the 2011 X5 16v311000.
The recalls of the air bags has been for over a year and still there is not replacement for it, the recall campaign no. 17v-138:front drive shaft does not have a replacement either. Both of them may cause other problem including the safety of myself and family. We need BMW to take action and takes this serious and get a solution for this problems now.