Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2012 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BMW 535I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.
2012 BMW 535XI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SAT IN HIS GARAGE FOR 3-4 WEEKS DURING THE WINTER. APPARENTLY, THE CRITICAL BRAKE COMPONENTS, CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE BMW FELT REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED, AT A COST OF $2,000. BMW REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY, UNLESS HE SIGNED A LIABILITY RELEASE.
MY CAR HAVE ABOUT 1/2 SECOND DELAY FROM THE TIME YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR RESPONDS, SO YOU PUSH HARDER, BECAUSE (I GUESS) IS TURBO THE KICK IN IS VERY STRONG, ALMOST HIT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT LEAST TWICE. *TR
THE CAR WILL NOT GO STRAIGHT. IT KEEPS PULLING TO THE RIGHT SIDE, MY 2012 535I HAS BEEN ALIGNED TWICE BY BMW AND CAN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY SERVICE ADVISOR ADVISED ME THAT I NEEDED TO CONTACT BMW OF NORTH AMERICA AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE TO THEM. *TR
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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