The issue is becoming more systemic and occurs more often. issue is as follows: 1) while driving, digital instrumentation will go completely blank for a period of time. this includes speedometer, tachometer, clock, cruise control information. basically, anything that is on the screen disappears. 2) in addition to the instrumentation malfunction, the following system failures are intermittently occurring (no pattern detected yet): all wheel drive system failure (while driving) - when display does resume, vehicle warning system indicates the vehicle may be driven, but the all wheel drive system is inoperative. park distance control (occurred while vehicle was stationary) - when display does resume, vehicle warning system indicates pdc system is inoperative. auto start/stop feature (occurred while vehicle was stationary) - while at a stop and the failure occurred, the engine did shut down incorrect average mileage display - normal mpg for the vehicle is currently around 24.2. vehicle was reporting an average mpg of 9.7 prior to one failure.
The active safety feature (lane assist) did not vibrate the steering wheel as advertised by the manufacturer.
This car was bought brand new in jan 2019 and since buying there were 3 incidents of windshield damages all 3 times by chips hitting the glass. 2 times it was replaced by the oem glass, however i am worried about safety, it appears that this car's glass is more fragile than others. i have also owned other cars and drive on same road under same condition, however this has never happened with any other class. i would be interested if new bmw x3s are more prone for windshield related damages
Frontal collision detection either does not work or is giving false alarms. it dies not warn when the vehicle in front is in close proximity as it is designed to do so. at random times it will give a false notification. this is more prevalent if the vehicle is at a steep angle.
I purchased a new 2019 bmw x3 xdrive 30i midsize suv on august 31, 2019. i specifically chose the driver assist option that includes both lane departure and blind spot warning features. upon testing to verify that these features were functioning properly, i discovered that the steering wheel vibration warning feature did not work. no vibration at all was detected whenever i changed lanes even though i set the desired vibration level to the highest setting and i was very careful to drive at a speed, 50 mph, for which the feature should be active. this was also true of the blind spot warning--no vibration detected. i verified that both safety systems had activated by observing the appearance of the lane departure icon in the instrument panel and the illumination of the triangular light in the outside mirrors upon approach of a vehicle in the adjacent lane. however, no vibration was detected in the steering wheel when i purposely changed lanes without signaling on testing the lane departure feature or when i signaled to change lanes with another car in the blind spot in testing the blind spot feature. the blind spot visual warning lights in both outside mirrors worked ok, but no vibration was detected when signaling to change lanes. i reported this to the dealership and their diagnosis was a faulty motor that generates the steering mechanism vibration. a new part in on order. i'm reporting this to alert others who may not have tested for proper functionality of these safety features. one has a visual warning for the blind spot feature to backup the steering mechanism vibration, but not so for the lane departure. the absence of vibration could be a significant safety issue for anyone depending on the proper operation of this feature.
Hatch back opens randomly. key fobs were no where near vehicle as it was parked in our underground garage.
At 9am this morning the hatch back had been open for an unknown amount of time. i closed and locked the car and at 3:30pm this afternoon the hatch had popped open again. this is the fourth report of the same issue this week.
Back hatch door opens randomly. it was parked overnight and stationery but neighbor reported it open this morning.,
While reversing our car in our garage, the car trunk pop open and hit our garage roof creating scratches and peeled paint on the trunk lid.
This vehicle has the 'lane departure feature warning" . this feature has 3 settings,from light to strong. on the first two settings the steering wheel does not vibrate at all, on the strongest setting the vibration for the most part cannot be felt either. i had a 2014 x5, steering wheel definitely had a pronounced vibration that was felt. brought it back to bmw, engineers say that they had complaints that the x5 vibration was to severe so they made it less obtrusive. if you have three modes of operation and two modes do not work at all, and their strongest mode is barely perceptible , this safety feature is not working, especially if you are depending on it. i have tried it at all speeds, actually the faster you are going especially above 55 mph, you do not feel the steering wheel vibrate at all.
The lane departure warning system on my new bmw x3 (purchased may 3, 2019) does not work. this is a non-trivial failure in bmw's so-called "intelligent safety system." the response i've received so far from my bmw dealer in ocala, florida is unsatisfactory. they insist it is working, just at a slight vibration. i feel no vibration, and have had several people drive the car and agree. during a lapse in concentration ' which is what this feature is intended for ' there is no warning of lane departure. it's not a safety feature if it doesn't work. i find it hard to believe that bmw safety engineers would want the function to be imperceptible even at the "strong" setting. bmw apparently thinks this feature is important, as the company placed an associated lighted button right in the middle of the dashboard! perhaps they are waiting for someone to get hurt or die before acting. please research this problem on behalf of customers before that happens. thank you.
The plastic covers over the lower child safety restraint buckles ripped out during driving, causing the child seat to become loose and unsafe. the angle of these covers forces the child seat lower buckle to angle horizontally outwards. these covers are only secured by a thin plastic tab, so if the pressure of the strap pulls upwards on the cover and breaks the tab during an accident or regular usage, the child seat straps will become loose and the child will be at serious risk of injury. the child seat i had this happen with was a common, best-selling brand in both the u.s. and europe. there was no failure with the seat itself.