2011 BMW 328XI — Complaint #1558285
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NHTSA Complaint about UNKNOWN OR OTHER filed April 16, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1558285 (ODI reference 11196609) concerns a 2011 BMW 328XI and was filed on April 16, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 15, 2018. The vehicle had 68,500 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as unknown or other, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BMW 328XI cohort independently describe similar unknown or other failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 BMW 328XI shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
MY VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE, WAS LOUDER WHEN RUNNING BUT SITTING STILL. TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING APPARENTLY. I KNOW THIS HAPPENS TO CARS BUT MY BMW IS A 2011 WITH ONLY 65500 MILES AT THE TIME.. COSTED ME 1000 DOLLARS TO FIX AND A MONTH BEFORE THIS THEY DID A RECALL ON THE PCV VALVE AND HAD IT TORE APART. MAYBE IT WAS SOMEONE'S MISTAKE WHEN REASSEMBLING THE PCV VALVE HEATER DURING RECALL AT BMW DEALER AT TOWNE AUTO IN WILLIAMSVILLE NEAR BUFFALO NY?? IDK BUT THAT IS LOW MILEAGE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1558285 |
| ODI Number | 11196609 |
| Date Filed | April 16, 2019 |
| Failure Date | December 15, 2018 |
| VIN | WBAPK7C54BA |
Similar UNKNOWN OR OTHER Complaints for 2011 BMW 328XI
AFTER 3 SEPARATE RECALLS, ALL BMW DEFECTS. NOW CHANGED BATTERY, AND WINDOWS AND DIRECTIONALS WONT WORK. NOW DEFECTIVE FOOTWELL PART COSTING 800PLUS. BMW WILL REPLACE, BUT ONLY IF I TAKE TIME OFF WORK
BLOWER MOTOR WIRING.MY FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING. I HAD IT FIXED ONCE BEFORE OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR AND THE REMEDY IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE.
THERE IS A REPORT BY AUTO CHECK REPORT SHOWING THAT THERE IS A FRAME OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE RECORD. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SELL THE CAR AND DUE THE INFORMATION THAT APPEARED ON THE REPORT THE PRICE OFFER
I REMEMBER DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AND SMELLING A BURNING SMELL. I HAD THE WINDOWS OPEN BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM OUTSIDE. LATER, THE CAR'S HVAC BLOWER FAN STOPPED WORKING.
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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