general problems of the 2012 BMW X5

While driving on highway at 70 mph, front awd driveshaft failed and caused massive damage to engine and underside of car is destroyed. The flailing driveshaft punched a hole in engine and oil pan, causing all engine oil to spray on hot exhaust and the tires while driving. Luckily was able to slow car and steer it to shoulder, near miss accident. There is recall 17v-138 on this year of BMW X5 for exact issue that happened to me, but BMW states that my VIN is not affected. Yeah right.

A recall on the prop shaft was done in 2017 and today 06/24 while driving on the freeway I heard a loud clunking noise and then a huge pop and I pulled over on the side of the road to find my prop shaft had exploded and messed up everything. Now im stuck with a nonfunctional car because a part that was allegedly replaced for safety ended up exploding while I was driving.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, she heard a loud thumping sound underneath the vehicle. The contact then stated that the vehicle hesitated then decelerated at low speeds while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that his wife was able to navigate the vehicle safely to the contacts resident. The contact was unsure if any warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front drive shaft failed and as a result the power steering hoses had ruptured and the front drive shaft and the power steering hoses needed to be replaced. The power steering hoses were replaced however, the front drive shaft had not yet been replaced. The contact referenced the NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train). The manufacture was notified of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not included in a recall and informed that the NHTSA was responsible for including the vins in recalls and advised to call the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 210,000.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that upon coming to a complete stop, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment before the vehicle lost motive power. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who determined that the driveshaft universal joint had failed, causing additional damage to the transmission and oil pan. The vehicle was repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA campaign number 17v138000 (power train), but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

The dpf exhaust emissions system failed. BMW dealership refused to replace only replaced a holding tank. That code was not shown. The X5 left shop with a engine light and emissions failure. Independent shop scanned car explained diesel dpf system has failed and is under warranty. . Dealership refused to fix. Car runs sluggish, engine warning keeps coming on and take to service. . . . The egr cooler failed. The independent shop confirmed codes. Exhaust smell in cabin, reduced power, sluggish, and car goes into limp mode while I was driving on the freeway. The shut down of power caused me to almost crash into on coming lane of vehicles at highway speed. Engine light on and warning of engine failure and car stuck in limp mode . System says to take to dealer. . Please help as the dealer will not warranty or recal repair, even though I am under 100,000 miles and there are multiple recall and manufacturer extension warranty for these specific repairs.

Engine failed because customer care package was never done on vehicle to save engine from killing itself. These engines in these car are problematic due to design of engine they eat oil and valve stems drys out and starts to smoke.

As I was driving the vehicle shut off while vehicle coming at a 40 mph to 50 mph speed limit. Local police had to put out cones to make sure my vehicle wasn't going to cause an accident because my battery was drained fast mybe due to the problem.

Shudder at low speed while turning. This is an issue which I observe since an year.

It is making a horrible crying noice and it's vibrates. The water pump was already taken care of but still once again problems.

Had to replace water pump at 58,000 miles. Car is spewing exhaust, and acceleration and steering are not functioning properly, likely due to ujoint and/or worn control arm, which I noticed were recalled for other models, but listed as a recall for my car/VIN. Need to reseal crankcase jointing surfaces. Car has 8 recalls listed on kbb, but BMW only has record of 5 recalls. I do not have records of repairs that were done on car before purchase in Nov. Of 2014. Car currently has 69,000 miles and is driving horribly.

Tl-the contact owned a 2012 BMW X5 diesel. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the engine malfunction warning light illuminated and reduce speed warning light also illuminated. The contact was able to pull off of the roadway before the vehicle caught on fire. The fire department was called and was able to extinguish the fire but not before the vehicle was totally engulfed. A fire report was field. There was no injuries sustained in the fire. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was towed to an independent facility. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000. The vehicle was destroyed. Ah.

Transmission randomly goes into park when back up or moving forward in idle. Car has also come out of park randomly, with car rolling slightly. Separately, had gasket has leak at 69000 miles.

On August 7, 2018, I was traveling on interstate 95 in maryland (north of baltimore) in route to new york state. During the highway drive, my BMW drastically reduced speed to 10 miles per hour and the check engine light came on and stayed on. I had to move my car to a safe place to avoid being hit by the other vehicles on the highway. I could not continue to drive my car. And, I was worried about my safety and was at risk due to the BMW car issue. I called aaa and my car was towed to passport BMW in suitland, maryland for repair. On August 8th, passport evaluated my car and diagnosed the problem. I was informed by passport BMW that my car engine problem was due to a faulty fuel ignition system which had to be replaced. I approved this over $570 repair to my car. However, when I picked up the car, the engine light was still on. Again, I was concerned since my car was repaired by BMW yet the problem had not been fixed since the engine light was still on. I contacted the service advisor to inform him of the problem. He apologized and requested that I bring the car back in to passport BMW on the next day. The next day, I brought the car in to passport BMW, I was informed that the catalytic converter, an estimated $3388 repair, needed to be replaced. My car has been in for BMW service maintenance and recall repairs several time. My car was in for maintenance several times and was not accurately diagnosed or repaired. There is no indication that the repair diagnosed on August 8th fixed the problem that caused my car to stop running on the highway on August 7th. I paid for that repair in August and it did not fix the check engine problem and want to be reimbursed for this expense. I am concerned about the numerous repairs to my BMW despite the fact that my car has been serviced by the passport BMW service department.

I was driving my BMW X5 and out of nowhere an "engine malfunction warning light" came up accompanied by an engine overheating, I immediately pulled over and called a tow-truck who took my X5 to the nears BMW dealer. The technician stated it was the ivm and the charge air pipe that needed to be replaced, after spending $1,500 on the 2 items, I drove out of the dealer and less than a mile down the road, the same "engine malfunction and vehicle overheating light" came back up. Called the dealer and another tow-truck pick up my X5, then I requested to speak with the shop manager who informed me the problem with the X5 was never pertaining to the ivm or charge air pipe, as they miss overlooked the diagnosis which stated the dme was not working. They change the dme and another $2,000 was charged, after it was repair and I drove away, the same engine malfunction light and vehicle overheating light came up, called the deaelr and they told me that after changing the dme, the new diagnosis stated the watter pump needed to be replaced and this was the part that was creating the engine malfunction and overheated vehicle warning to come up. I ended up changing the water pump and other vehicle parts, that did not needed to be changed and now a recall for the water pump came out. On the meantime, I spent almost $4,000. 00 on repairs when everything could have been done if they would have conducted the water pump recall. Who can reimburse me the amount of money paid? I sent the original dme to see if it was damage, and they came back stating it was not damage at all, therefore the problem was the water pump and not the dme, or ivm or charge air pipe. Please help!!!.

Transmission problem, gear selector sometimes won't set in park, sometimes transmission will go into safe mode randomly.

Front drive train recall. Have called BMW multiple times to arrange repair. Eventually got an appointment but we're then told no part available. No clear indication of when the part will become available. Very frustrating and we're nervous about driving a potentially unsafe vehicle.

My wife was driving my vehicle to get car wash. All of a sudden she lost power steering and the car battery warning came on. The idler pulley bolt snapped. Luckily my wife did not crash. She was driving 60mph and lost power steering. She is pregnant and had 2 kids in car. Now I've replaced this bolt again. I put purchased a new idler pulley bolt with loc tite. I replaced it and met every specification that NHTSA required. Basically it only require more torque and loc tite. This time it snapped in my drive way thank goodness. This is a serious traffic safety situation, I've read multiple forums where people have had work done at dealership and the bolt is snapping 3 days later. Obviously BMW did not fix the problem.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v071000 (air bags), 17v020000 (air bags), and 17v138000 (power train). The parts for the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. Whenever the contact started the vehicle, the contact would hear a strange sound underneath the driver side of the vehicle. The contact was unsure if the sound was related to the recalls. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issues. The failure mileage was unknown. Parts distribution disconnect and VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that the passenger air bag warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken twice to auto hermana BMW dealer, located on calle acuarela #106, carretera 20 klm 4. 0, guaynabo, pr 00969, where it was rejected to be serviced under the recall remedy due to the part not available for the repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v071000 (air bags), 17v020000 (air bags) and 17v138000 (power train) however, the part needed for the repair was 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 approximate failure mileage was 72,727. VIN tool confirms part not available and part distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact felt a moderate, abnormal vibration from the front end of the vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train); 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 CO's BMW dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The failure mileage was approximately 63,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train) and NHTSA campaign number: 16v071000 (air bags) had exceeded a reasonable time for the repair. The contact received recall notification in April of 2017 and the sterling BMW dealer located at 21710 auto world circle sterling, va 20166, phone number: 571-933-8222 advised that parts are not available for repair. The manufacturer also advised that parts were unavailable for repair. The approximate failure mileage was 123,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train); however, the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The vehicle was taken to paul miller BMW (1515 rt 23 s wayne NJ 07470), but they did not have permission to service the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

2012 BMW X5 which was purchased as certified on December 31,2015. . Put my life and the life of my young son in danger and should immediately be investigated and a "fix� needs to be developed before life threatening injury occurs to somebody else. I received this message (see attached) in my X5 while driving straight on a highway I-90 (60 mph) on the south side of chicago, IL. We had been driving for 1 1/2 hours and the temperature outside was a cold 35 degrees. In addition to getting this message, my car stopped responding to my acceleration attempts and abruptly started slowing down without any brakes lights. I had trucks behind me that did not know I was slowing down to below the speed limit. These trucks were behind me and could not stop that quickly and our safety was in danger as they were likely to rear end my car. Also, my car continued to slow down to 40 mph when the road went uphill. I had been in the center lane when I got the warning so I had to maneuver to the right lane where traffic was going to the posted 55-60 mph speed limit. I was then able to exit the highway. I was with my young child in a broken down BMW X5. I felt like a sitting duck. The BMW dealer now informed me that the electric water pump had stopped working and the motor got too hot and shut itself off, essentially shutting off my car. My son and I could have been killed. It is incredibly unsafe for the motor to just shut down in a location where I could not safely exit the freeway. This incident happened April 9, 2016 and I had just purchased the certiifed vehicle on December 31, 2015 so I had only owned it for 3 months. The car only had 24,000 miles. This is a major safety issue as I could have been killed or seriously injured in an automobile accident when other vehicles failed to respond to my slowed speed from a shut down motor (with no brake lights).

Takata recall: I received my letter notifying me of the recall March 2016. The date for replacement has been pushed out from by the end of 2016 to March 2017 and when I called in may 2017 I was advised that my passenger airbag also has been recalled. The current replacement time is now September for the drivers side and December for the passenger side. I am concerned about the safety of my vehicle when the replacement continues to be extended.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 (air bags) and 17v020000 (air bags). The part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The interim recall notice from the manufacturer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. In addition, the vehicle was also included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train). The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v071000 and 17v138000 (air bags, power train). 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 vehicle was taken to the local dealer (BMW of sterling located 21710 auto world cir, sterling, va 20166; (571) 933-8222) where it was confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 17v020000 (air bags), 16v071000 (air bags), and 17v138000 (power train). The parts were not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer (coast BMW of san luis obispo, CA, 805-254-4258) indicated that the parts needed to be ordered, but that the contact would need to wait to receive a second letter from the manufacturer. The contact received conflicting information from the dealer and had no eta of when the remedy and parts would become available. In addition, there was a noise heard from the area of the drive train associated with the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. The contact stated that the recall notices for NHTSA campaign number: 16v071000 (air bags) was received in February of 2016 and NHTSA campaign number: 17v138000 (power train) was received in March of 2017. After contacting the dealer (hassel motors BMW in freeport, NY) on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed for the recall remedy were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be provided. The manufacturer had not been notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Engine malfunction, reduced power, error mesage this morning. Just had to have egr replaced 5 days ago (@52,000 miles) at the tune of $1005. 00. . . . Now my car will only go 35 mph. Car started making a "whistling sound" on 11/07 during acceleration. . . . Then today, it started "rattling" them engine malfunction message came on and power went away!.

The vehicle reverse unexpectedly resulting in crashing the owner when unloading grocery. The owner of the vehicle in hospitalize and underwent surgery. The owner broke both of his femur bones and right knee cap.

The contact owns a 2012 BMW X5. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle decelerated when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact heard an abnormal clank sound near the engine, but there were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle stalled, but was able to be restarted. The failure later recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 38,000.

While driving at about 45 mph the engine sputtered with a message displaying "engine malfunction" and the vehicle lost power and stalled all happening within about 5 seconds. The vehicle was then towed to the BMW dealership. We were advised by their master technician that the fuel pressure rail sensor was defective and needed to be replaced (diag code: d1350_00000000_04_02 and fault 48a9 & 3f31). We asked him if this could somehow be prevented and he replied "no" and went on to say that he has never heard of this happening before. His comment was troubling to us, since we just got done driving about six hours on the freeway when this incident happened near our home. What if this happened on the freeway? I probably would not be here filing this complaint! please investigate so that this can be prevented from others experiencing this trauma.

Engine stalled. I was at a stop sign. The engine was running, when green signal came on, started to move the car, but instead of gaining speed with acceleration, the engine stalled with warning sign stating "engine malfunction, functioning with reduced power". The vehicle was not accelerating, instead was stalling and moving very slowly at less than 10 miles per hour speed and did not gain any momentum even after full throttle applied. Being a low traffic road, I was able to pull over to the right most lane; but it was a terrifying experience as the vehicle was stalling at the intersection and was moving inch by inch. I took it to the dealer, who checked everything and said everything was alright. I also questioned him, whether the event was recorded in the vehicle computer info; but he said nothing was recorded. I checked online forums and found so many people have had this problem multiple times and even after multiple services, most of the people continued to have this same problem. This is a major issue, as couple of customers have even said, their vehicles stalled on the freeway. I request your organization to look into this. Thank you.