2011 BMW 535XI

THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 10/7/2011 AND WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK I REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING STATING THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A LAG ON TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. SALESMAN STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON A HIGHWAY, A WARNING STATEMENT WAS DISPLAYED 'MAXIMUM DRIVETRAIN NOT AVAILABLE' AND CAR IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED TO 30MPH...VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THREE DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM NOW GOING 60MPH. BACK INTO THE DEALER I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CONTINUAL LAG IN ACCELERATION AFTER STOPS AND THEN LURCHING FORWARD. JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE MASTER AIR FLOW SENSOR. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND I WANT IT RETURNED TO DEALER. *TR

DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED AND USE AND GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 (245/40R19 98V) 19 INCH RUNFLAT TIRES HAVE REPEATEDLY (4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS) DEVELOPED "BUBBLES" OR BLISTERING. A TRUE NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE WORRYING ON NORMAL ROADS ABOUT THIS DEFECT OCCURING FOR NO REASON AT ALL ESPECIALLY WITH A 2-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. HAD CAR LESS THAN 1 YEAR AND HAVE WASTED MUCH TIME AND COST HAVING TO GET THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT REPAIRED OFTEN/CAR TOWED. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FAILURE IN MANUFACTURING BEFORE IT COSTS SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. *TR

THE GOODYEAR 245/40/19 LS2 TIRE ON MY 2011 BMW BLISTERED THEN LOST ALL AIR AFTER HITTING A MINOR POTHOLE AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AT LOW SPEED AFTER THE LOSS OF AIR. NO SPARE TIRE IS PROVIDED ON THIS VEHICLE. THESE TIRES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM BMW OR GOODYEAR AND I HAD TO WAIT FOUR DAYS FOR A REPLACEMENT. THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ONE TO TWO WEEKS I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE FIVE PREVIOUS REPLACEMENTS IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. *TR

2011 BMW 535XI WITH M SPORT PACKAGE DEVELOPED BUBBLE ON FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR LS-2 RUN FLAT TIRE. VEHICLE HAS 1830 MILES ON IT. SERVICE CENTER AGREED TO REPLACE TIRE HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN ON NATIONAL BACKORDER SINCE JULY (10 WEEKS BACKORDER). THERE IS NO OTHER ALL SEASON TOURING RUN FLAT TIRE AVAILABLE BY ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE I HAD A BLOWOUT OF MY LEFT FRONT TIRE , GOODYEAR 245/40 R 19 98VXL EAGLE LS2. IT IS A RUN FLAT TIRE. AFTER DRIVING 40 MILES, THE TIRE DISENTEGRATED, AND I NEED A TOW TRUCK TO GET ME OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER GETTING A NEW TIRE, LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER AND LESS THAT 2000 MILES ON THE "NEW TIRE" I NOTED A BUBBLE IN THE SIDE WALL, THAT REQUIRED ME TO GET ANOTHER NEW TIRE ON 09/08/2011. THERE HAS TO BE SOME STRUCTURAL DEFECT IN THE TIRE THAT BMW IS PUTTING ON THIS CAR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF ALL THESE TIRES BEFORE CRASHES AND DEATHS OCCUR. I HAVE NOTIFIED BMW OF THIS. *TR