I was driving home when i accelerated the car jerk started smoking i pulled over and oil was leaking from underneath
Car reads low on oil while driving. i have taken it back to dealer and was told that the car only needed one quart of oil. dealer has never looked to see if there is a problem with the tolerance between the engine oil pump drive shaft and the pump's rotor. dealership only showed my husband how to replenish oil when light comes on. this has problem began when the car only had 29,000 miles. the light will come on when car is stationery and in motion on a city street or highway. currently must drive around with a quart of oil in car at all times for safety reasons. car now has 40,000 miles.
For the second while driving my vehicle it shutoff without warning while i was driving. the vehicle completely died leaving the car in gear with no way of moving the vehicle. the only way to move the vehicle out of park is if it is running. i lost all power steering, braking, and ability to control the vehicle. after about an hour passed while i was stuck in traffic with no way to move the vehicle, the vehicle then started and stated the battery was operating at a higher than normal discharge rate. had i been on a major road i would have lost control of the vehicle due to the lack of steering and braking when the engine died. this is the second time this has happened. the first time my vehicle veered into the oncoming lane of traffic without warning when the engine failed. had there been a vehicle in the other lane i would have been hit head-on. *tr
While making a slow right turn the vehicle's engine suddenly shut down and immediately restarted a few moment later. however, when the vehicle stalled all power steering was lost which was followed by multiple system failure warnings that were displayed, such as: rear differential is locked, power steering has failed, seat belt tensioner system failed and to stop driving the vehicle immediately and contact a service center immediately. i drove the vehicle into my driveway which was 100 yards away and shut the vehicle down and called orange county bmw in harriman, ny. i was told to shut the vehicle off and let it sit for ten minutes and the system should reset itself, which i did. i was told this is a common problem in the 5 series and it happens all the time from the sales manager, [xxx], to whom i spoke to about the problem. the errors cleared but i was able to recreate the failure making the same turn with the same failures occurring as listed above. if i had been driving at a higher speed this would have resulted in loss of ability to steer the vehicle. when the first failure occurred i ended up driving into the oncoming lane of traffic until i was able to forcefully steer the vehicle back into the right side of the road. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr