Timing Tensioner Problems of BMW X5

I was driving about 20 mph and all of the sudden I heard a snap noise and steering wheel became hard to move, I managed to park the car safely and turns out the bolt that holds the tensioner pulley broke off. The repair is thousands of dollars, I almost had an accident and because I was only doing 20 mph I managed to avoid an accident and others safety. Imagine if I was on the highway doing 70 mph. I would like BMW to pay for my repair and make it doesn't happen anymore to me or anyone else.

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Lost power steering as car was driving approx 50 mph on garden state parkway at top of bridge over the raritan river. Battery warning came on dash, car lost power and then stopped. No collision or injury. Car was towed and repaired by c&t towing and auto repair, rahway NJ. Damage observed was partially melted idler pulley and shredded drive belt. Repair included replacement of drive belt, a. C. Stretch belt, idler pulley, drive belt tensioner and serpentine tensioner.

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Power steering tensioner bolt broke causing belt to come off and power steering to fail. Note: this was a part already replaced on recall 25000 miles previously. Vehicle was in motion.

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This car has an excessive oil consumption issue that the manufacturer was aware of which explains why they no longer make this engine. In a 30 day period I put about 2 additional quarts of oil in the vehicle. The tail pipe is smoking and liquid is coming out of it when the vehicle is running for a long period of time and is idle. The cost to repair it at a BMW dealer is $6,000. I have already paid $2,500 to replace the vaccum pump and o rings due to an oil leak. Also have also experienced a total engine shut down which cost me $3,300 to replace the belt tensioner and deflection pulley and ribbed v belt and air compressor. The car gave no warnings and it the engine just started stalling and then it just died and at that point a coolant light came on but it would not drive anymore at that point. This issue should be covered by the manufacturer. The entire engine needs to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2011 BMW X5. On several occasions, while driving and idling, the contact heard an abnormal noise coming from the engine. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine belt tensioner needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 65,000.

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In Feb 2016 during driving on the highway, lost power steering and battery light come on. Car was towed to the garage to determinate cause and fix the problem. Bolt that hold pulley tensioner was broken and belt fell off. There was no easy way to remove bronek head bolt off from engine block. Car was at mechanic for a week, replacement bolt was around $6 but the labor was almost $700.

I received a noise from the engine and started an alert on dashboard engine malfunction reduced power drive safely to the BMW dealer. BMW dealer looked at the vehicle and suggested to change engine oil, solenoids, belt tensioner and deflection pully, however the engine sound did not go off. Now they asking me to change the engine and turbo. The only service did earlier was the vanos gear bolt recall. Dealer and BMW na says it's because of aftermarket oil filter. I think aftermarket oil filter damaging the engine is irrelevant. I think there is a serious problem is getting hidden by BMW. Can anyone please help.