I was pulling out of my driveway when my car had a smell of burning oil so i stopped, as i stopped my car began smoking from the hood. i lost oil all down the street and my driveway, after,i stopped my car and pushed it into my garage and i saw were it was dripping from underneath the car so i took off the under panel and saw a hole in the pressure hose(vanos pressure hose assembly). there had been a recall when the car first came out on the lines but my car was a month out of the recall range. my car is an 06 with just at 40k miles...the car is used by the way. *tr
After taking my car to the dealership several time complaining about idling and engine knocking. i was told it was the gas, and the change of weather causing the problem. they finally supposedly replaced the parts in the engine, but i still had the problem later, and my neighbor notice it as well. while driving my car started smoking and the oil spill to the highway. after having the car examined, i was told that the bearing on the rod was loosed and had caused the rod to break and tore the engine apart. i contacted the costumer relation of bmw headquarter and they gave me every excuse why they couldn't do anything. i was advised by the shop this was a manufacturer defect and it could've been avoided by the dealership, etc. i need advice and i am considering getting legal advice. i refuse to pay $25k for another engine on a car that caused me $100k and engine blown so quickly. bmw knows that this a problem and refused to correct it. *kb *tr