2012 BMW 328I Other or unknown Problems

“My car was parked I started it ran back in house to get phone got in car smelt plastic but it wasn't coming from vent got out car to smell around car and when I got to trunk the smell was louder opened trunk and a small fire came up like a barbecue fire on the passenger side a man rode by in a truck and help put it out the wasn't drove since 12:00 p.m the day before I ran in my front door grabbed phone and that fast but the guy said it looks like the wires were burning previously because I had a burn stain on my exterior white paint.”

“Bmw refused to recalls 2012 to 2014 vehicles with faulty timing chains, oil chain, and tensioner. When I contacted Bmw they stated it was only covered to 70,000 miles. I purchased a 120,000 miles warranty , I was never informed by Bmw west the service center about this recall. At a 120,000 miles took my car into be serviced and was told the timing chain, oil chain and tensioner needed to be replaced at the cost of 4,400.00, if the the chain had came off of the tensioner and ruin it motor that could be from 12,000.00 to 22,000.00. So many are experiencing the same problem. …”

“Recently my girlfriend and I had purchased and financed a 2012 Bmw 328I. The mileage when we bought the car was at 48,000. Withen the first 2 weeks of having the car I had to bring it back due to the parking lamp being out. I didn't get no warning from the car that the light was out either. I brought it in they corrected the problem for the time being and I went on my way. The same exact parking lamp went out another few weeks later. We have only had the car 3 months and it is having problems with the engine and saying that I have driven a lot more miles than I actually have. …”

“Sudden complete loss of power while underway on interstate 476 north of philadelphia. Car stopped in the middle of 4 lanes of high speed traffic at 4:10 pm.it would not restart. There was no warning of an issue prior. I am sole operator of car. Car was in dealers shop for 7 days. No obvious cause found, but bosch coils replaced as a precaution. 300 miles later on may 26, at approx 5:20 pm the car again w/o warning had sudden complete loss of power; would not restart.”

“On 7/10/2020 vehicle was backed in and parked in driveway on a slight incline. We had a heavy rainfall (its storm season) next morning went to get in car, there was 2 to 3 inches of water on the driver and passenger floorboard moon roof closed, windows up. Water seemed to be dripping from under the dashboard. Checked vents under hood, clear. Cleaned it all up and dry vacuumed. Today, 7/15/2020 another round of heavy rainfall...car parked in driveway on slight slope, all closed up. Checked after rain stopped, on passenger side 2 inches of rain, driver side 1 inch of rain. …”