Tl* the contact owns a 2013 bmw 320xi. While the vehicle was at a stop, smoke and an abnormal burning odor were detected. Also, the check engine warning indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to wide world bmw (125 east route 59, spring valley, ny 10977, 877-817-1952) where it was diagnosed that the oil cover housing gasket and valve cover gasket were leaking oil. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 15,000.
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BMW 320XI Engine problems by year
2 complaints filed with NHTSA about the BMW 320XI's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
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My wife was driving the new car with less than 3000 miles on the interstate 95, and the car suddenly gave a warning message briefly, something to the effect of "parking" issue and just started to shutdown completely (losing power). She had to coast and pull over to the side to make a full stop in the middle of busy highway - fortunately no accident resulted from this sudden shutting down of the car while it was going at approximately 60 mph. We took the car to the bmw darien dealership and they could not find any...
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error code recorded by the car computer. This is extremely concerning consider it is a new car with less than 3000 miles and it would just shutdown for no reason while driving on the highway, even more concerning that the dealership was unable to find the problem. This could have caused serious accidents.
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