Doorhandle broke off inside (had to open the door through the window for a week)
Engine did not run OK.
Rear hatch indicator shows it is open, but it is not. Procedure: start car, drive 10 metres, stop car, get out, open hatch, close hatch, drive to destination.
Steering wheel shakes at times. BMW cannot find it and claims it is a user error. Found now and it is a serious brake problem.
Great driving if it works.
Service organization is not able to handle volume and number of repairs. Nice people, just too busy. Been to the repair shop too often.
My ex-business partner bought a 2001 X5 and the truck kept shutting itself off at inopportune moments. He was told by several people to lemon law it.
Never trust any Mercedes or BMW made in America. The quality is horrible, although the new X3 (made in Austria) is supposed to be worse than the X5 as far as reliability. And never buy any new model the first year. Even the BMW Car Club recommends to wait a few years until a model gets "sorted out".
How am I supposed to know or find out where BMW was made. Plese help me to find out.
There made in indiana or something like that... on the east coast.
If the VIN # starts with 1,4,5 which means that vehicle is made in USA. 2 means made in Canada. if the # starts with J, it was made in Japan. A lot of German made start with W.
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