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Engine
07/12/2020
CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, EXITED HIGHWAY TO CITY STREET, THEN THE ALERT FOR LOW COOLANT CAME ON. IMMEDIATELY FOUND A PLACE TO PARK TO KEEP ENGINE FROM BEING COMPROMISED. ALLOWED TO COOL, OPENED RESERVOIR AND COOLANT WAS LOW. ADDED ONE GALLON OF APPROVED COOLANT. DROVE FOR 5 MILES. CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. STARTED CAR, ALERT CAME BACK ON. CHECKED BENEATH VEHICLE, ALL OF THE COOLANT LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND.
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Air Bags
06/01/2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V364000 (AIR BAGS) AND REPAIRED AT HILTON HEAD BMW DEALERSHIP (1230 FORDING ISLAND RD, BLUFFTON, SC 29910, (843) 815-1501) HOWEVER, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000. *BF*JB
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Engine
04/14/2020
2009 BMW X5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE DIESEL ENGINE VEHICLE. *LD *JS
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Suspension, fuel/propulsion System
04/02/2020
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OCCASIONS THAT I HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP ON MY VEHICLE. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THAT IT TURNS OFF SUDDENLY. I AM SO AFRAID THAT THIS MIGHT JUST HAPPEN WORST THING IS THAT THERE ARE NO LIGHT INDICATORS THAT WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.
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Fuel System, Gasoline
10/01/2019
LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN PRAMILA JAYAPAL ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL THAT DEALER WON'T HONOR FOR HIS 2009 BMW X5. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED 5 MINUTES AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE, THE FUEL PUMP FAILED LEAVING THE CONSUMER STRANDED.*JS
