Suffered from high pressure fuel pump failure. the car was in motion on a city street when it had a drivetrain malfunction. pulled vehicle over and turned off and vehicle would not start again. when take to repair shop for diagnosis it was the high pressure fuel pump malfunction. also for some reason the fuel pump that was installed in the car had a connection bigger than the replacement part database. the connectors plug size was for an 8 cylinder vehicle and the car is only a 4 cylinder. the replacement part was difficult to find due to difference in size of connection plug. also bmw is selling the replacement part for $1300 ridiculous. just the pump itself.
Egr cooler failed at 70,000 +/- miles. wasn't leaking coolant inside, but was leaking exhaust gasses into cabin and was not covered under recall campaign. bmw could not provide new updated part, but charged us for 'new / old style unit' for about $2600. tried to work issue out with bmw corp on emission warranty, but was unsuccessful. vehicle still has unsatisfied recall on it for egr cooler. vehicle also is not issuing a 'def' notification. i have been in this industry for 44 years and know that this vehicle should be calling for def. i have dealt with this in ford, peterbilt and kenworth vehicles and bmw's system is not reporting.
Check engine light on diesel engine come on multiple times since car hit 40k miles. luckily it's under warrenty, over 10k in repairs in 2 months. new file injectors, oil pump, dtf filter, ect.
On march 4, 2018, while at a red light at an intersection in boca raton, fl, all of sudden, no warning, my bmw x3 started to smell of smoke, then smoke started to come out of the hood. i had to barely make it to the side of the road, leave it at an entrance of a plaza, which then began to smoke overwhelmingly. once i made it out of the car, the flames came out of the hood and the car became fully engulfed within seconds.