BMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2012-2015 X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, 2012-2016 Z4 sDrive28i, 528i, 528i xDrive, 328i, 328xi, 2016-2018 X5 xdrive 40e, 2014-2016 228i, 228xi, 428i, 428i xDrive, 328xi Gran Turismo, 2013-2017 X3 sDrive28i...
Engine & cooling
BMW 528I Engine problems by year
6 complaints filed with NHTSA about the BMW 528I's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2008-2011 128i and 2007-2011 328i, 328xi, 328i xDrive, 525i, 525xi, 528i, 528xi, 530i, 530xi, X3 3.0si, X3 xDrive30i, X5 xDrive30i, Z4 3.0i, Z4 3.0si and Z4 sDrive30i vehicles. The heater for the positive...
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 128i Coupe, 128i Convertible, 328i Sedan, 328i xDrive Sedan, 328i Coupe, 328i Convertible, 328i Sports Wagon and Z4 sDrive 30i, 2011-2012 135i Coupe, 135i Convertible, 335i Sedan, X5...
Latest 528I engine complaints
1997 Bmw 528i was running hot. Consumer states that the vehicle was running hot, mechanic replaced the radiator. She states that the vehicle is still running hot and the brakes were screeching and squeaking. Another dealer replaced the thermostat. *Kb
Driving on entrance ramp to the freeway at about 10mph and saw white smoke coming from the driver's side of the hood. Pulled over and inspected coolant system and found that the neck had broken off the radiator(common problem with e39) allowing coolant to spray into the engine compartment. I was lucky that I was travelling slowly and was able to pull over rapidly before car overheated. Could have caused a dangerous situation if it had occured at highway speeds. Car was towed to mechanic, who replaced old radiator with an aftermarket brand that is more robust than bmw rad. I was not comfortable using a bmw radiator due to their cheap and flawed design.
I bought a 1999 bmw 528i new. I brought the car regularly into service based upon their prescribed service program for this car. At 49,600 miles on the car and exactly 5 years old, the transmissions on this car failed. Bmw replaced the transmission under the warranty. In december 2004, with 64,205 miles I took the car to the dealership and complained about a burning smell coming from the vents after car is warmed up. At 64,605 miles, car breaks down on road and is towed into the bmw dealership and the diagnosis is...
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that a new motor is needed. This car had a catastrophic failure of the motor as a result of failure of the oil pump to lubricate the engine. The dealership has basically blamed the situation on us and not the failure of this bmw engine that was maintained according to their maintenance standards. There is real problem with bmw engines and based upon my research it relates to bolts on the oil pump loosening from the car's vibration thereby not allowing oil to be pump into the engine. Also, my rear door does not open anymore. A real safety issue when you have children in the back seat. *Nm
After having the vehicle serviced and a powersteering hose replaced, the vehicle was loosing a lot of fuel in the engine compartment (7 gallons in 10 miles). It turned out to be a fuel line connection on the drivers side in the engine compartment that was not fully connected and sprayed fuel out. The connection is a factory standard quick connect type.. In my opinion, fuel lines should not be of this type of quick connection, since failure to properly connect the lines may have detrimental results. Fuel lines...
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should have threaded or similar type of connection. Once disconnected they would require an effort in connecting and may not result in an inadvertant oversight. In my case, it just sprayed out lots of fuel in a short amount of time while driving.
Radiator failure at the top hose connection point. Later learned that the material used is quite unreliable -- so I replaced all the plastic I could find in the cooling system. $1200. I expect I'll have to do it all again in another year or so.
Vehicle was constantly leaking oil. Consumer was told this was a design problem.*Ak
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data