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      11-01-2012, 03:03 PM   #20
pwrobinson
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Drives: 2012 X3
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Baltimore, MD

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Coincidence?

Have owned 3's, 5's x5's and 3 x3's.. Had an overheating problem with a 318 but only after a head on with a UPS delivery truck.

Took delivery of custome ordered 2012 X3 in late April... Low Coolant level warning lit up the night Sandy hit... Checked the coolant resevoir and it was bone dry... Next day BMW Assist towed the car to the dealer... Diagnosis: coolant evaporated... Same thing happened with our 2008 x3 - turned out to be a faulty water pump.. Got stranded over 100 miles from the nearest dealer..

So, once I relayed this info and asked if the techs ran a pressure test on the system, the dealer's trouble-shooter decided to keep the car another day... He even told me that virtually the same thing happened to his wife....

I'm no expert but are all these reports of trouble REALLY attributable to excess evaporation? Anybody sense that this might be some kind of desiogn flaw? I'm ready to invoke MD's lemon law!
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