What 33 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 BMW 320i

IT A WHISTLING NOISE COMING FROM MY VALVE COVER . AND I HAD TO ALSO REPLACE MY THERMOSTAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

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MY 2015 BMW 320I GAVE ME A WARNING OF CHARGING MALFUNCTION WARNING SO I TOOK MY CAR TO BMW SERVICE FOR AN INSPECTION. THIS WAS IN APRIL 2019. THE SERVICE ADVISOR LET ME KNOW I COULD NEED A NEW BATTERY SO I APPROVED NEW BATTERY IF THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDED. ONCE INSPECTED FURTHER I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK AND THAT CAUSED MY DRIVEBELT TO DETERIORATE AND SLIDE OFF BELT TENSIONER. THE OIL LEAK WAS DUE TO NEEDING A NEW OIL FILTER HOUSING GASKET, SO I REPLACED THAT AS WELL. I WASN'T WHAT CREATED THE OIL LEAK ISSUE ONLY THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BELT TENSIONER, HOUSING GASKET AND DRIVE BELT. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS WHY MY CHARGING MALFUNCTION WARNING CAME ON. MY BATTERY WAS FINE, NO NEED TO REPLACE. 3 MONTHS LATER SEPTEMBER 12TH 2019 THE CHARGING MALFUNCTION WARNING COMES ON AGAIN. THIS TIME I'M TOLD THEY'RE 80% SURE I NEED A NEW BATTERY. SO I APPROVE THE BATTERY AND I RECEIVE A CALL THAT MY CAR NEEDS A NEW ALTERNATOR. THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT CREATING CHARGING VOLTAGE WHICH MAKE MY BATTERY VOLTAGE LOW CAUSING THE CHARGING MALFUNCTION. MY CAR A 2015 BMW, IT IS 4 YEARS OLD. IN THIS LAST YEAR I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE CHARGING MALFUNCTION AND STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.

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FUEL GAUGE ERRONEOUS DISPLAY: VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF FUEL, BUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STILL DISPLAYS FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANK. DEALER FOUND OUT PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL CELL AND TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THE TANK AND THE FUEL PUMP MUST BE REPLACE, COST OF $2875. SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FROM THE DEALER.

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OIL PUMP PREMATURELY FAILED CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. NOT BEING COVERED BY MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS ENGINE DAMAGE WILL BE ON THE CUSTOMER EVEN THOUGH OIL PUMP PREMATURELY FAILS.

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THANK YOU

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HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM OCCUR THREE TIMES NOW. THIS LAST TIME HAPPENED TO MY SPOUSE WHILE TRAVELING 70+ MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET. THE ONSET WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, AN IMMEDIATE AND UNSETTLING SHUDDER WITH AN ONSCREEN POPUP. THE ABRUPT LOSS OF SPEED NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THIS TIME. IT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND SINCE WE AREN'T' APPLYING BRAKES, OTHER DRIVES ARE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THE SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED. WE NARROWLY PULLED FROM THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT GETTING HIT PRIOR TO STOPPING AND SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE. I DID CAPTURE THE INSTANCE WITH AN OBDII APP CALLED TORQUE. WE WITNESSED THE "FUEL RAIL" PRESSURE DROP FROM NEARLY 3,000PSI TO 50.8PSI, INDICATING THE HPFP FAILED, WENT INTO BYPASS CAUSING THE CAR TO REVERT TO LIMP MODE. ALSO PROVIDED ARE THE OBDII FAULT CODES, P0087 - POWERTRAIN AND P142E - HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PICTURES WILL BE ATTACHED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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THE BMW 320I 2015 VEHICLE CONTINUES TO DROP TIRE AIR PRESSURE BELOW A SAFE LEVEL. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM IS DISABLING THE DRIVER'S ONBOARD DISPLAY WITH A LOW TIRE WARNING ALERT. ALL 4 TIRES ARE DROPPING FROM 32PSI TO 23PSI WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD. EACH TIME I VISIT THE CLASSIC BMW DEALERSHIP OF PLANO, TX ABOUT THE TPMS PROBLEM, TIRES ARE AGAIN TOPPED OFF AT 32PSI. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT GIVE ME A SERVICE RECEIPT AFTER ADDING AIR IN THE TIRES. I WAS INFORMED THAT I MUST PAY $163 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A SERVICE RECEIPT ONCE THE AIR IS INSTALLED IN THE TIRES, OR I CAN HAVE THE AIR INSTALLED IN THE TIRES FREE, AND RECEIVE NO RECEIPT. THIS ALLOWS THE DEALERSHIP TO SUPPRESS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A PAPER TRAIL. I PURCHASED 1 RECOMMENDED NEW TIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015 FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL 4 TIRES WERE SET TO 32PSI. TWO MONTHS LATER IN NOVEMBER 2015 ALL FOUR TIRES WERE AT 23PSI. THE 2015 CAR IS ONLY 8 MONTHS OLD, AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID 23PSI IS NORMAL. I DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. THE TPMS, OR THE TIRES, OR BOTH ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURS DURING DRIVING, AND MAKING TURNS. THE PROBLEM OF SEVERELY UNDER INFLATED TIRES IS SO NUMEROUS THAT IT REQUIRES THE DEALERSHIP TO PROVIDE A SERVICE LANE ONLY FOR INFLATING DEFECTIVE TIRES.

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BOUGHT A BRAND NEW BMW 320I I HAVE HAD IT FOR 45 DAYS WITH 1548 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE THIS MORNING DRIVING POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY. MY CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" AND DROPPED DOWN TO 20 MPH AND WOULD NOT GO OVER ANY FASTER. DISPLAY SAYS "DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION" I DROVE MY CAR ON SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 20 MPH ON THE SIDE OF ROAD UNTIL I MADE IT TO WORK. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR A VEHICLE TO DROP FROM 70 TO 20 MPH SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. FROM READING SEEMS TO BE A ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH BMW'S. RECALL WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION . I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED I TRADED MY MERCEDES E350 IN FOR THIS JUNK. I HAVE NEVER OWNED ANY VEHICLE THAT HAS LEFT ME IN SUCH A BAD SITUATION. I OWNED NISSAN WITH OVER 126K MILES AND IT NEVER GAVE ME ANY PROBLEMS. VERY DISAPPOINTED BMW OWNER!

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