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2005 Bmw X3 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	848715
Internal NHTSA #	10389957
Manufacurer	BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Brand	BMW
Model	X3
Model Year	2005
File date	24/12/10
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On december 26th, 2010 my daughter was driving our 2005 bmw x3 when it stopped in the middle of a street about a block from our house. There was a lot of smoke and for a moment she thought that the vehicle was on fire. We got it towed to a local service station that diagnosed the problem as hydro-locking. They cleaned it up but did not have a fix for the problem. I called motorwerks bmw in minneapolis and explained the problem and was told i will get a call back. I didn't hear back and called again after a couple of days. I was asked to bring it to the dealership and the earliest appointment was january 24th, 2011. On january 20, 2011, my wife was driving the same vehicle home from work at 11:30 pm when it stopped in the middle of a busy and dangerous intersection in fargo, north dakota. The temperature outside was -22f. She must have driven the car about 2 miles when she saw a huge white smoke coming out of tail pipe and within a few minutes the vehicle completely stopped. We got it towed to the same service station as before and called my insurance agent the next morning. The agent did some investigation and advised us to get it towed to another service station in moorhead mn that works mostly on imports. This service station knew what the problem was as they had fixed five to six others in the last couple of months. They got the parts from the motorwerks bmw dealership, fixed the problem and i got the vehicle back on 1/27/2011. They also mentioned that somebody had tried fixing the problem earlier but did not quite finish it. We are the original owners of it and have always taken it to motorwerks bmw in minneapolis for all work. The total without the two towing was $1028. I have read that other bwm owners living in cold places with high humidity have had the same problem. I am scared to have any family member drive the vehicle. Have others had the same problem? Can it happen again? What should i do?
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	41500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FARGO, ND
VIN pattern	WBXPA93465WXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
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Date of purchase	30/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	25
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Bmw X3 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Bmw X3 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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