2013 BMW 528XI

BOUGHT USED 2013 BMW 528I XDRIVE 0N 4/2018 WITH OVER 94K MIKES. CAR IN GREAT CONDITION AND ALWAYS SERVICED. AT 123K MILES, WARNING SIGNALS CAME ON ("OIL PRESSURE LOW, DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION, STOP IMMEDIATELY AND TOW TO DEALER"). WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON STREET IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND PULLED OVER AND AS I COASTED TO STOP, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF PRIOR TO MY STOPPING. WHEELS LOCKED UPON STOP. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. TIMING CHAIN JUMPED OFF TRACK AND RUINED THE ENGINE. NO SIGNS LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT. REMANUFACTURED ENGINE WILL COST BETWEEN $12-15,000. COST MORE THAN CAR. I HAD TO SCRAP IT. (CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FROM REPAIR SHOP WHEN/IF YOU NEED IT).

A CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH MY BMW, A 2013 528I MODEL, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY EXPRESSWAY. A WARNING MESSAGE INDICATED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW. AS I ATTEMPTED TO NAVIGATE TO THE SHOULDER, ANOTHER MESSAGE STATED THERE WAS A DRIVE-TRAIN MALFUNCTION. THE CAR PROCEEDED TO DECELERATE,.SHUT DOWN AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY FAIL.

WAS DRIVING FROM MEMPHIS TO PCB LAST FRIDAY WHEN I LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR BIRMINGHAM. FIRST THE 'OIL PRESSURE LOW' WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE 'DRIVETRAIN' WARNING LIGHT. PULLED OVER AND GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER IN B'HAM, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND A NEW ENGINE WOULD BE ROUGHLY 15-17K. THEY DIDN'T VISUALLY INSPECT THE TIMING CHAIN...JUST A HUNCH BY THEIR LEAD MECHANIC BASED ON THE TICKING HE HEARD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET THE ENGINE TO START. THEY OFFERED TO DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE ISSUE FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1000, WHICH I DECLINED. I'M HAVING THE CAR TOWED BACK TO MEMPHIS, WHERE I WILL LOOK INTO FINDING A SECOND-HAND ENGINE FOR REPLACEMENT. I WILL BE TRACKING THE LAWSUIT. MY CAR (2013 528I XDRIVE) ONLY HAD 74K MILES, AND I OWE WHAT THEY QUOTED ME FOR A NEW ENGINE, SO THAT'S NOT A CONSIDERATION. I HAVE BEEN RELIGIOUS WITH MAINTENANCE, WITH ALL WORK DONE AT THE DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, GAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND THEN ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT SAID DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION. THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AND WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO DRIVE. IN TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER (DANGEROUS), AND GET THE CAR TOWED. THE BELLY PAN HAD TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO MANUALLY ENGAGE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL SO THE CAR COULD BE TOWED(DANGEROUS TO DO ON A BUSY HIGHWAY). AFTER THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A BMW DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED AND THE REPLACEMENT WAS $18,000! THIS CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED AND WAS FULL OF OIL, SO THE DEALER COULD NOT TELL ME WHAT THE ISSUE WAS UNLESS THEY TORE IT DOWN. I COMPLAINED TO BMW NORTH AMERICA (CORPORATE) THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND THEY ONLY CAME BACK WITH GIVING ME THE WARRANTY RATE OF $12,000 AND THEY WOULD PICK UP 15% OF THE COST. THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH ON A VEHICLE THAT COST $$60,000 AND DOES NOT HOLD ITS VALUE. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT TOTAL STORY ABOUT THESE CARS. BMW'S WHO HAVE THE N 20 OR N26 ENGINES HAVE A TIMING CHAIN THAT HAVE A SYSTEMATIC DEFECT. MY VEHICLE HAS A N 20 ENGINE. ONCE THESE VEHICLES APPROACH 70,000 - 100,000 MILES, THE TIMING CHAIN WILL BREAK WHICH WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. BMW IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, BUT HAVE REFUSED TO DO A RECALL TO INSTALL THE REPAIR KIT. THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT KIT, BUT BMW WOULD RATHER COMPROMISE ONE'S SAFETY AND FOR OVER PRICED REPAIRS. INSTEAD, BMW ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE DRIVETRAIN UNIT UP TO 70,000 MILES. HOWEVER, BMW IS AWARE THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WILL BREAK AFTER 70,000 MILES. IN THE VEHICLES WITH THESE ENGINES, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF THE CHAIN WILL BREAK, IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN IT WILL BREAK. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER BMW PRODUCT.

WE BOUGHT A 2013 BMW 528XI NEW. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 120K MILES, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. WE PUT OIL IN AND IT WAS FINE FOR A WEEK. THEN THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN SO WE HAD IT TOWED. THE OIL WAS REPLACED AND A NEW OIL LEVEL AND TEMP SENSOR ADDED. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS THE LIGHT AND DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND SHARDS OF METAL IN THE OIL FILER. LUCKLY, MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

MY 2013 528I HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTOR. I PURCHASED THE CAR AROUND DECEMBER 18 SOME TIME WITH ABOUT 76000 MILES AND ONLY HAD IT FOR 2 DAYS AN PROBLEM'S CAME . FIRST IT WAS SAYING I DRIVETRAINS MALFUNCTION SO I TURN THE CAR OFF AN TRIED TO CRANK IT ABOUT 4 TIMES AN IT FINALLY CRUNK . ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY COULDN'T HELP ME . SO I LEFT THE CAR SIT FOR A DAY AN CAME TO CRANK IT AN EVERYTHING WAS FINE . ABOUT A WEEK LATER ON THE WAY TO WORK MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF AN THE, DASHBOARD SYMBOL CAME ON SAYING LOW OIL PRESSURE TO THE MOTOR . I READ ON THIS ON OTHERS COMPLAINTS AN SEEN SOME SIMILAR PROBLEMS. TOOK MY CAR TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP IN RALEIGH EARLY IN JANUARY THEY SAID I MAY NEED A NEW MOTOR AN IT WOULD COST TO JUST GO INSIDE THE MOTOR TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PROBLEM CAR DOSNT CRANK BUT TRIES TO TURN OVER

TIMING CHAIN FAILURE CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. CAR DISPLAYED "LOW OIL PRESSURE" WARNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" ERROR AND SHUT DOWN ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY UNABLE TO MOVE. DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF A CAR HIT ME AS IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE IN EARLY MORNING HOURS. CAR HAD 88K MILES AND IS ALWAYS DEALER SERVICED AS PER MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. THE CAR WAS ALSO IN THE SHOP 1 WEEK PRIOR FOR A VEHICLE CHECK AND NO ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED, TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN SUB ASSEMBLY FOR OIL PUMP FAILED AND METAL SHARDS FOUND IN ENGINE,