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2014 BMW X1 — Complaint #1886139

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMP filed April 7, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1886139 (ODI reference 11515997) concerns a 2014 BMW X1 and was filed on April 7, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 22, 2023. The vehicle had 121,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:pump, 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 X1 cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:oil/lubrication:pump 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 2014 BMW X1 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2014 BMW X1
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:PUMP
State
California
Mileage
121,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2014 BMW X1. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the dealer stated that the oil pump and timing chain had failed, and that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and the manufacturer stated that the warranty would not cover the repair. A case was filed. The failure mileage was 121,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1886139
ODI Number 11515997
Date Filed April 7, 2023
Failure Date March 22, 2023
VIN WBAVM1C53EV

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.