2009 Bmw X5 Electrical Problems

While driving at 60 MPH, smoke came through your air vents and your car lost power before stalling. The dealer found that the passenger-side main wiring harness was charred and melted, replaced it, but the same problem happened again immediately afterward. The root cause hasn't been determined yet. Replacing the wiring harness and investigating why it's failing repeatedly will be necessary.

Your car caught fire while parked in your driveway without any apparent cause. The fire severely damaged the fuse box, wiring harness, right rear panel, headliner, and rear light housing, with heavy smoke filling the interior. This is a critical electrical system failure that requires immediate investigation by a professional to determine the root cause and prevent future fire risk.

Your car won't start when you try to crank the engine. The diagnostic scanner is showing an error that the transmission thinks it's in 3rd gear instead of Park, which prevents the engine from starting. This is a safety interlock issue that requires the transmission position sensor or related wiring to be inspected and repaired.

Your engine is producing smoke and a burning smell, which you believe is related to a recall issued in 2002. Your vehicle's performance is getting worse each day, and you cannot get a diagnostic inspection because the onboard computer system won't communicate with diagnostic equipment. The issue likely involves cleaning or replacing components in the engine, fuel system, or electrical connections that are causing the burning smell and smoke.

Your headlight wires may have poor insulation that cracks due to heat exposure, leaving bare copper wires exposed. When this happens, your low beam headlights stop working. Fixing this problem typically requires replacing the entire headlight assembly at significant cost.

LOST POWER WHILE CRUISING AT 60 M/HR. OTHER CARS ALMOST HIT ME WHEN I WAS TRYING TO MOVE TO THE SIDE FOR SAFETY CAUSING LOTS OF TRAFFIC. THEN WENT TO THE BMW DEALER (PATRICT BMW) IN SCHAUMBURG IL FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE FUEL SYSTEM ELECTRICALLY. THE WIRING HARNESS WERE MELTED , BLEW FUSE AND RELAY AND THEY SAID THE MOTOR ALSO BURNED OUT. I WILL ATTACHED DOCUMENT FROM THE BMW DEALER FOR MOE INFO.

MY 2009 BMW X5 IS EXHIBITING THE SAME ISSUES LISTED ON THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V339000 RELATING TO THE 'FUEL FILTER HEATER/ POSSIBLE FIRE' ISSUE. ALTHOUGH THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR ARE EXACTLY AS LISTED ON THE NHTSA RECALL 13V339000 FOR SOME REASON MY VEHICLE'S VIN IS NOT LISTED ON THE RECALL NOTE. I PLEADED WITH THE BMW DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THIS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MAKE MODEL AND YEAR ARE THE SAME TO NO AVAIL. MY VEHICLE HAS A WARNING LIGHT INDICATING I HAVE THE ISSUE WITH THE HEATER AS WELL AS BATTERY DRAIN ISSUES RELATED TO THE HEATER STAYING ON NOT BY DESIGN. PLEASE ASSIST ME WITH ADDING MY VEHICLE VIN TO THE RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THANK YOU.

2009 BMW X5 35D VEHICLE STARTED TO DISPLAY VARIOUS MALFUNCTION CODES GOING INTO LIMP MODE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC LOOSING POWER OR SUDDEN SHUT DOWN OF ENGINE ESPECIALLY GOING OVER PUMPS OR ROUGH AND UNEVEN SURFACES SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY HAD A NO STARTING CONDITION. LAST DISPLAY ON IDRIVE SAID IGNITION MALFUNCTION. MECHANIC FOUND MAIN ENGINE HARNESS AT BACK OF CYLINDER HEAD WAS BURNT FROM THE ENGINE HEAT CAUSING THE INSULATION ON THE WIRES TO BE MELTED AND IN TURN WELDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER,USED WIRE HARNESS WERE PURCHASE TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE HARNESS BUT THEY ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ABOUT UPDATED HARNESS TO CORRECT PROBLEM THE DEALER ADMIT THAT THEY DO KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE BY THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT IT NEW HARNESSES WILL BE BURNT JUST LIKE THE OLD ONES IF IT'S NOT RECTIFIED

BRAKE LIGHTS ARE FAILING CAUSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. BMW ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM (SB-10040177-8428 / SI B63 10 09) IN MARCH 2011. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED BY THE BMW DEALERSHIP MANY MANY TIMES, BUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS NEVER MENTIONED OR EXECUTED. WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DASH - ISSUE IS PRESENT BOTH MOVING AND STATIONARY. HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2013/SB-10040177-8428.PDF HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2013/SB-10040177-8428.PDF

MY 2009 X5 WITH 127000 MILES RECENTLY INDICATED A BURNT OUT BRAKE LIGHT. WHILE REPLACING THE LIGHT, I FOUND THE REAR UPPER RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT WAS BURNT OUT, THE TAILLIGHT ITSELF IS MELTED, AND THE SOCKET IS SEVERELY MELTED AND SCORCHED. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE OPPOSITE SIDE (LEFT/DRIVER'S SIDE) WAS ALSO MELTED! CHECKING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID THIS COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD AND WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THERE IS NOT AN OUTSTANDING RECALL ON THE TAILLIGHTS FOR THIS VEHICLE.

MY TRUCK BMW PARKING FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS, FIRE WITHOUT A KNOWN CAUSE, REMAINING WITH TOTAL LOSS, I COMMUNICATED VIA EMAIL WITH THE BMW, AFTER REVIEWING THE INTERNET AND FIND THE RESEARCH DONE BY YOU, AND RECEIVING THE POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC OF WHAT HAPPENED "AN OVERHEATING IN THE PCB VALVE THAT RUSTED AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO FIRE", AND KNOWING THE BELLS THAT ARE REAPING TO PICK UP THE VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, BUT THAT THEY KNOW SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER COUNTRIES, I PUT IN I KNOW THE FACTS, RECEIVING FROM THEM, EXACTLY THE BMW GROUP MEXICO, THE ANSWER THAT THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE EVENTS, BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO I DID NOT MAINTAIN OR WASH THE ENGINE WITH THEM; FACTS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEFECT OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND COLLABORATION, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN CUCUTA, COLOMBIA. THE POLICE OF MY COUNTRY MADE AN INSPECTION OF THE EVENTS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING EXTERNAL THAT HAD CAUSED THE FIRE, WHICH WAS THE TRUCK ALONE, WHICH CAUGHT ON AND IN VERY SHORT TERMS WAS BURNED AS A TOTAL LOSS. I REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS RULES THAT CAN GIVE ME A PROTECTION, BUT THE BMW IS ONE, AND THE MANUFACTURER MUST RESPOND FROM ANY POINT OF VIEW, BY VEHICLES THAT MANUFACTURE NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. REVIEWING THE MODELS AND YEARS TO WHICH THEY ARE PREDICTED TO HAVE THIS DEFECT, IS THE X5 SERIES, BETWEEN THE YEARS OF MANUFACTURE 2007 TO 2011, AND THE TRUCK OF MY PROPERTY IS X5 - 2009. THIS IS THE ANSWER THAT THE BMW INVIA "DEAR [XXX] : THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING THE BMW GROUP. BASED ON YOUR EMAIL, WE INTERNALLY REVIEW THE HISTORY OF YOUR BMW XDRIVE30I, VIN [XXX], WITH FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRED IN APRIL 2011. WE FOUND A PAIR OF KEYS READING, WHICH SHOWS LAG IN THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE SERVICES ACCORDING TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE IDRIVE SYSTEM ON THE X5 CONTROLS THE REVERSE CAMERA AND PARK DISTANCE SENSORS. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 36,000 MILES. THE REVERSE CAMERA AND PARK DISTANCE SYSTEM HAS A MAJOR LAG WHEN ENGAGING FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHEN YOU WOULD WANT TO USE IT. THE LAG CAN BE MEASURED IN MINUTES, AND TAKES AWAY A MAJOR SAFETY FEATURE. BMW'S RESPONSE IS THAT THE SYSTEM TAKES TIME TO WARM UP, BUT OTHER CARS I'VE DRIVEN BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS HAVE ZERO LAG. *TR

CURRENTLY HAVE A 2009 BMW 550I. VEHICLE HAS HAD AN ONGOING AND UNIDENTIFIABLE ELECTRICAL ISSUE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OFTEN AND WITHOUT INITIAL NOTICE "LOOSE POWER" AND GO INTO A "SAFETY MODE" OPERATING AT A REDUCED POWER BY NOT GOING ABOVE 30MPH AND/OR 3000RPM'S. VEHICLE WITH OFTEN START "BOGGING" AND "SHUTTERING(SHAKING)" AND WILL OFTEN ATTEMPT TO "SURGE" FORWARD WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC OFTEN TRYING TO CAUSE A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE INFRONT. THE DRIVER OF THE BMW OFTEN HAS TO "STAND" ON THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE SURGES FROM ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO SHOT FORWARD AT STOPS. ISSUES STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2011, TOOK IT TO FAIRFAX BMW WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE VEHICLE HAD SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE BATTERY. NO FIX WAS PROVIDED IN THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS. ISSUES PERSISTED THROUGH JANUARY AND TOOK IT TO BMW OF ALEXANDRIA WHERE THEY REPLACED A TRANSMISSION SOLENOID AND A INTAKE SENSOR, IN THE SHOP FOR ROUGHLY 7 DAYS. ELECTRICAL ISSUE REAPPEARED IN MARCH IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 7 DAYS AND HAD THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED. VEHICLE ISSUE RESURFACED SEVERAL WEEKS LATER AND A ENGINEER FROM NJ CAME DOWN AND DETERMINED A FAULTY OIL SENSOR WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OFTEN ?THINK? IT WAS OUT OF OIL VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 7 DAYS. VEHICLE POTENTIALLY WAS FLOODED WITH OIL FROM SERVICE TECH'S ADDING MORE OIL EACH TIME THE VEHICLE "THOUGHT" IT WAS OUT OF OIL. VEHICLE AS OF 5-21-2011 SUFFERED AGAIN FROM THE SAME ISSUE AND WAS DROPPED BACK OFF AT BMW OF ALEXANDRIA WITH VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT IDENTIFYING ?ENGINE MALFUNCTION?. SENT SEVERAL EMAILS TO BMW CORPORATE WITH LITTLE RESPONSE. *TR