2013 X3 35i Drivetrain Malfunction

Deathstar1 · 05-14-2012, 10:03 AM

What a nice Mother's Day. My wife doesn't make it 75 miles on the vehicle before breakdown. This is her 4th BMW but the first without a manual transmission.
As We waited for the tow, stuck in neutral in a dangerous place, I joked that she should have bought the Lexus. She did not appreciate the humor.

FX3OK · 05-14-2012, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Deathstar1

What a nice Mother's Day. My wife doesn't make it 75 miles on the vehicle before breakdown. This is her 4th BMW but the first without a manual transmission.
As We waited for the tow, stuck in neutral in a dangerous place, I joked that she should have bought the Lexus. She did not appreciate the humor.

When you say "breakdown".. Can you elaborate? Could it have been a computer error.. X3 is full of systems monitored by a computer.. That could have erred? Mine warned a chassis destabilization 4x4 error. Turned veh off and on and error went away.. Has not come back ...

nonagon · 05-14-2012, 10:55 AM

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Please let us know what the issue actually was as it is not a common issue for X3s to just "break down" and be completely non-functional, no matter how new or old it is.

Deathstar1 · 05-15-2012, 10:05 AM

Yesterday, my wife was expecting an update form the BMW dealer on the status of her X3. She does get a call from BMW on how happy she was about her recent X3 purchase. She told BMW she expected more than 75 miles out of a tranny on a $60K vehicle.

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nonagon Lieutenant Drives: '12 X3 35i M Sport Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 556 iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear about your troubles. Please let us know what the issue actually was as it is not a common issue for X3s to just "break down" and be completely non-functional, no matter how new or old it is. __________________ 2012 X3 35i \| CB/Oyster \| M Sport \| Premium \| Tech \| CW I & II \| DHP \| Premium Audio \| Apps ----- Past Bimmers: 2008 135i SGM, 2007 X3 3.0si SBM
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Deathstar1 Registered Drives: Tundra LTD 4X4 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 2 iTrader: (0)	Yesterday, my wife was expecting an update form the BMW dealer on the status of her X3. She does get a call from BMW on how happy she was about her recent X3 purchase. She told BMW she expected more than 75 miles out of a tranny on a $60K vehicle.
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