2008 BMW X5 Engine

CAR STALLED AND THE MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH BOARD "ENGINE TOO HOT. PULL OVER AND CONTACT BMW REPRESENTATIVE". THE ISSUE IS THE WATER PUMP GOING BAD CAUSING ENGINE TO BECOME HOT. THE DEALER IS SAYING THAT A NEW WATER PUMP IS REQUIRED.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL AND SHE NOTICED A LOUD HUMMING NOISE AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE. THE RADIATOR FAN KICKED IN BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT GOT ABOVE A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE WARNING LABEL POPPED UP TO STOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DUE TO COOLANT TEMPERATURE HIGH. ALSO NO HOT AIR WAS COMING FROM THE HEATER. MY SUSPICION THAT THE ELECTRIC WATER PUMP WAS FAILED WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY MY DEALER BILLJACOBS OF NAPERVILLE WHICH DID THE REPAIR ON THE 31.MARCH 2015.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, A RUMBLING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

WARNING CAME ENGINE OVERHEATING STOP AND CALL DEALER.COOLING FAN BLOWING AT FULL SPEED AS IF PLANE HAS STARTED. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED WATER PUMP FAILURE AND TOLD AFTER 5 YEARS MAJORITY OF THESE CARS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND HE HAS REPAIRED MANY OF THEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE SHAKES, RUNS ROUGH AND TURNS ITSELF OFF WHEN BRAKING/STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO BMW NAPLES AND ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP. THEY REQUESTED I HAVE A TUNE UP AND REPLACE TWO SENSORS WHICH I HAVE DONE. THOUSAND OF DOLLARS LATER AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND FOUND OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR BMW X5. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE MESSAGE 'ENGINE TEMPERATURE HIGH, DRIVE SLOWLY TO COOL THE ENGINE' AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY PUMP FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

MY 2008 X5 3.0SI STARTED JUST OUT OF THE BLUE TO HAVE THIS SUPER LOUD FAN NOISE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN TO PICK UP MY KIDS. IT WAS NOT EVEN HOT OUTSIDE SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. ALSO GOT THE WATER OVERHEATING WARNING. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS FAULTY. COST ME ALMOST $1400.00 AND THE CAR HAD ONLY 37000 MILES ON THE CLOCK. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THE 2008 6CYLINDER ENGINE?

MY BMW OCCASIONALLY STALLS AT A LOW SPEED AFTER A BRAKE OR IN A TURN. THE ENGINE IS QUIETLY OFF AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. WHEN I RESTART THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF AND IT DRIVES NORMAL. IT LOOKS LIKE A MINOR PROBLEM, BUT CAN BE HAZARDOUS. AT ONE TIME, MY CAR STALLED AFTER I MADE A BRAKE AND STARTED TO TURN. SUDDENLY I FEEL THE STEER WHEEL IS LOCKED AND I LOST SOME BRAKE FORCE. I ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE BRICK FENCE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS REALLY SCARY. I THINK IT COULD BE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPEN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, BRAKE BEFORE ENTERING A HIGHWAY, SLOW TURNING ON A BRIDGE. I'VE SENT MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRACED NO ERROR AND PROBLEMS, AND ASK ME TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECOME MORE OBVIOUS. I WOULDN'T DO THIS BECAUSE WITH THIS PROBLEM THE CAR MAY BECOME A KILLING MACHINE FOR MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. I DO HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME TO CONTACT BMW TO FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM STORE WHEN THE COOLANT FAN CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. DISPLAY STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVER HEATING AND IF IT CONTINUES TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE. THE NEXT MORNING I TURNED ON THE CAR AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE COULD DAMAGE THE ENGINE. HAD THE CAR TOWED AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE RADIATOR. WAS TOLD THAT BMW RESIGNED THE RADIATOR THERE FOR THE HOSES HAD TO BE DONE OVER. THERE WAS NEVER ANY OTHER INDICATION PRIOR TO THIS. WAS ON MY WAY DRIVING OUT OF TOWN. LOOKED ONLINE AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH A LOUD NOISE STARTED COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SOUNDED AS IF THE FAN WAS RUNNING AT WARP SPEED. A FEW MILES LATER A WARNING CAME ON STATING ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT, I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ALLOWED IT TO COOL DOWN. AFTER IT COOLED DOWN I DROVE 2 MORE MILES TO MY OFFICE AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO SEND TO BMW DEALERSHIP. BMW INFORMED ME THE ELECTRIC WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND NEED REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $1400.00. INTERNET SHOWS 38,000 RECALLS OF X-5 FOR WATER PUMP PROBLEM BUT JUST MY LUCK MY CAR IS EXCLUDED. I AM WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM BMW USA REGARDING MY REQUEST TO HAVE ISSUE COVERED. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES AND WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND NOW THE WATER PUMP. THIS CAR WAS OVER $70,000 WHEN PURCHASED AND YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

CAR WAS DRIVEN AT 25 MPH. STOPPED AT DESTINATION FOR APPROX 10 MIN. WHEN RESTARTED MADE LOUD BLOWER SOUND BUT KEPT DRIVING AT 25 MPH. AFTER ABOUT 10-15 SECS, MESSAGE CAME THAT " ENGINE IS OVERHEATED AND DRIVE AT MODERATE SPEEDS" . IN ABOUT 10 SECS AFTER THAT, MESSAGE CHANGED TO " ENGINE OVERHEATED, STOP TO LET IT COOL DOWN" . STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HAT CAR BE TOWED TO THEIR GARAGE PROBLEM HAS STILL NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. CAR IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. *TR

I WAS ABOUT LESS THAN 2 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH. I HEARD A LOUD FAN SOUND AND IN FEW SEC I GOT A MESSAGE IN THE DISPLAY BOARD SAYING ENGINE OVER HEATING DRIVE SLOWLY. AFTER FEW SECONDS ANOTHER MESSAGE SHOWED IN RED THAT ENGINE IS OVER HEATED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE EVEN PRESSING THE PEDAL HARD. THEN I STOPPED THE VEHICLE BY PULLING IT TO THE SIDE AND LET THE ENGINE COOL FOR 15 MIN. THEN I DROVE BACK HOME. WHEN I WAS 50 YARDS AWAY FROM HOME I GOT THOSE TWO MESSAGES BACK ONE AFTER THE OTHER. BUT, I DROVE IT SLOWLY TO THE DRIVE WAY MY HOUSE. THEN I CALLED THE BMW DEALER, LET THE VEHICLED TOWED THEIR AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS VEHICLE WATER PUMP IS GONE BAD AND IT CAUSED THE OVER HEAT OF THE ENGINE. BECUSE OF THIS THERMO STAT IS ALOS GONE BAD. THERE IS SOME OTHER PART GONE BAD BECAUSE OF THIS BUT I DID NOT REMEBER IT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT COST ME 1700 TO FIX THE ISSUE. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND SEVERAL TENS OF PEOPLE HAD THIS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY BMW. *TR

THIS MORNING WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE NEAR THE PULLEYS. IT SOUNDED IF THOUGH SOMETHING WAS COMING A LOOSE. WHEN I GOT OUT TO CHECK IT THE SOUND CLEARED OR TONED DOWN. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE WATER PUMP. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY A LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF AND CHECKED THE COOLANT LEVEL AND IT WAS IN BETWEEN LOW AND MAX. I FILLED THE COOLANT LEVEL UP TO MAX. THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER PARKING IT FOR TWO HOURS. I'M TAKING IT TO THE DEALER IN THE MORNING TO SEE IF ITS WHAT I THINK IT IS, ( THE WATER PUMP ). THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE , I'VE READ TOO MANY COMPLAINTS. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WITH ANY UPDATED INFO ON THIS? *TR

WAS DRIVING ABOUT 65 MILES WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ENGINE MALFUNCTION NOTIFICATION, ENGINE OVERHEATED ... TO DRIVE MODERATELY. I PULLED OVER WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND DROVE OFF AGAIN. 5 MINUTES LATER LIGHT COMES BACK UP AND SAYS ENGINE OVERHEATED STOP...CALL FOR SERVICE. CAR NOW IN SHOP. *TR

2008 BMW X5 WITH 49K MILES WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY WHEN YELLOW ENGINE OVERHEAT WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH INSTRUCTION TO DRIVE MODERATELY. AFTER 20 SECONDS, RED ALERT CAME ON INDICATING ENGINE OVERHEATED AND CAR STALLED TO 20 MPH ON BUSY FREEWAY. THE CAR WAS STOPPED ON SIDE OF FREEWAY AND ALLOWED TO COOL DOWN FOR 10 MINUTES. WHEN CAR WAS RESTARTED, SAME WARNINGS CAME ON, AND CAR HAD TO BE STOPPED. THE BREAKDOWN CAUSE WAS DIAGNOSED TO A FAILED WATER PUMP. *TR

WILL IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, THE YELLOW ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT APPEARED. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THAT YELLOW LIGHT TURNED TO RED ENGINE OVERHEAT, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN. I DID MY BEST TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND PULL OVER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAITED NEARLY 2 HOURS BEFORE I COULD GET TOWED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND THE BMW OF AUSTIN DEALERSHIP ADVISED I WILL NEED A WATER PUMP REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $766!! SINCE MY CAR HAS OVER 50K MILES, I AM OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2010-2011 V8 VERSION OF THE SAME CAR I HAVE FOR THE SAME FAULTY PART--ELECTRIC WATER PUMP. I BELIEVE THIS SAME FAILURE AFFECTS MY 2008 4.8I X5 SAV. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP THOSE OF US WHO HAVE PUT OUR LIVES AT RISK ON HIGHWAYS WITH THIS SUDDEN WATER PUMP FAILURES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APX 65 MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, RED INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE OVERHEATING NOTIFICATION DISPLAYED. VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20MPH AND WOULD NOT DRIVE. AFTER SITTING FOR 20 MINUTES, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART VEHICLE, OVERHEATING MESSAGE STILL PRESENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SHOP, WHERE DIAGNOSED WITH FAULTY WATER PUMP. CALLED BMW TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE PROBLEM, AND MENTIONED RECALL 11V521000 - OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. INCIDENT HAPPENED AT APX 60K MILES. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - VEHICLE STALLED ABRUPTLY. AFTER SOME MINUTES WAITING FOR THE CAR TO COOL DOWN, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A NEARBY PARKING AREA. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FURTHER. CONTACTED NEAREST DEALER WHO WAS 345 MILES AWAY. THEY AGREED TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO GET IT FIXED. THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY WATER PUMP. THE WATER PUMP, COOLANT AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. WE PAID A DEDUCTIBLE AND THE CAR WAS REPAIRED. JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE EXISTING RECALL FOR THE SAME VEHICLE MODEL YEARS 2010-2011, BMW SHOULD EXTEND THE RECALL TO ALL AFFECTED E70 (X5) MODELS INCLUDING THIS 2008 ONE. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE ON WHAT IS CLEARLY A DANGEROUS DEFECT. HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED, AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED GIVEN THE WAY IT STALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH A MESSAGE STATING THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,494. UPDATED 03/20/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE MIGHT BE RELATED TO RECALL CAMPIGN NUMBER 11V-521: ELECTRIC AUXILIARY WATER PUMP. UPDATED 05/08/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V521000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY WATER PUMP AND THE THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE WATER PUMPED FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF A 4 LANE DIVIDED HWY THE VEHICLE IS A 2008 BMW X5 AND ONLY HAS 47000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW X5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LOST POWER. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE CONTACT HAD REACHED HIS DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE WATER PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I WAS DRIVING UNDER HEAVY RAIN ON APRIL 20, 2012 IN HOUSTON, TX. I FIRST SAW ENGINE OVERHEATING WARNING SIGN ON THE DASH AND THEN MISTY SMOKE CAME OUT UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE TO A NEARBY REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY WATER PUMP. I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAS A 2008 BMW X5 AND RECENTLY HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE BELIEVE THAT RECALL #11V521000 THAT CONCERNS ONLY 2010-2011 BMW X5 NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO X5S OF EARLIER YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR *JS