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SUVs BMW X3 & X5 BMW X3 hesitation on acceleration
114 messages, Last post on Aug 04, 2008 at 8:35 AM
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Replying to: arthurw (Jul 11, 2007 7:13 am) Rallye BMW, Westbury Here is our latest update with our X3 issue. Our car has been in 3 times for the same problem. Rallye Service tried putting the fix in for the 2nd time. They had their head man worked on the car. The head tech stated he had worked on 4 such cars out of 200 sold this year and not one had come back. To top it all off the head tech test drove the car with my wife for the sole purpose of seeing if she was an erratic driver. She noticed this in the notes of the service advisor. I guess this is such a temperamental car that BMW now needs to start putting folks through driving school? 25+ years of driving experience is not good enough to drive an X3. Maybe it’s the shoes we are wearing? Well, they are getting this piece of crap back once again. My wife is absolutely livid - she was making a U-turn this morning and for several seconds the X3 went into la-la land, nothing, no engine noise, no acceleration, just stayed nice and quite in the intersection while the gas pedal was being pressed down and traffic was heading towards her. The fix was re-applied about a month ago and the car had been performing better. I had noticed many times where the car would hesitate and buck forward from dead stops or in making turns but not as much as before. It had started to get worse recently. I guess the nightmare of a transmission started to 'adapt'. My wife had been ok with the car as she claimed she did not notice any major issues - until this morning. She immediately called our service advisor and after a few hours of phone tag she finally get through to him. He stated he had to talk with the service manager because there were several other car issues. I don’t know if he meant X3 issues or general car issues. He assured my wife he would call back by the end of the day. No call. I am sure we will be talking with both Service and Sales in the AM as they must be putting their ducks in a row. I am sorry to say I strongly believe they will have no answers. All and all the dealership, both sales and service, have been very accommodating - I don’t hold it personally against them that they have to sell and service this crap. This is clearly coming from the top down. BMW North America is clearly aware of this major safety issue yet they continue to sell these unsafe vehicles. We have leased for ~15 years and never had any issues. This is the first BMW we have leased. This car is a nightmare. You folks that feel the need to chime in on how great your cars are should feel very lucky as many of us are suffering months of agony and wasted time with this defective product. BMW appears to be waiting for someone to get seriously injured or killed in this vehicle. I will be contacting my Attorney first thing in the morning to see what my legal options are. Its crystal clear there is no fix for this issue. I own a flawless 2004 330XI, what a disappoint. |
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Replying to: trr1 (Jul 11, 2007 10:36 pm) tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Jul 11, 2007 11:44 pm) |
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Replying to: trr1 (Jul 11, 2007 10:36 pm)
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Replying to: markdi (Jul 16, 2007 8:39 pm)
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Replying to: trr1 (Jul 18, 2007 10:52 am)
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Replying to: trr1 (Jul 18, 2007 10:52 am) If you really believe that, it seems strange that you would accept another X3 as a replacement for your "defective" X3. |
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Replying to: trr1 (Jul 21, 2007 2:46 pm) But I think what I experienced on these test drives is by design to save gas. Does it get worse over time?
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Replying to: dan12 (Aug 15, 2007 9:54 pm)
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Replying to: trr1 (Aug 16, 2007 4:09 am) 
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