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2003 BMW 745LI in Vacaville, CA

Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from t...Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. we pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. we called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. we arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. once open a tech inspected the vehicle. we learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. the portland oregon bmw dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. they replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. after doing a few days of research, i learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels.com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. i have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Vacaville, CA

Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from t...Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. we pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. we called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. we arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. once open a tech inspected the vehicle. we learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. the portland oregon bmw dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. they replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. after doing a few days of research, i learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels.com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. i have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Vacaville, CA

Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from t...Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. we pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. we called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. we arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. once open a tech inspected the vehicle. we learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. the portland oregon bmw dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. they replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. after doing a few days of research, i learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels.com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. i have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Vacaville, CA

Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from t...Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. we pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. we called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. we arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. once open a tech inspected the vehicle. we learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. the portland oregon bmw dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. they replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. after doing a few days of research, i learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels.com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. i have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Vacaville, CA

Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from t...Family & i had been in vancouver bc for vacation. we began our return trip home, crossed the canadian peace arch border into the us @ approximately 9pm wedsnesday evening. about 1am early thursday morning we heard a loud noise coming from the right rear, followed by our vehicle suddenly loosing control & swerving in all 3 lanes of interstate 5 southbound. we pulled over on the left shoulder as it was the quickest route to safety. we called for help, once a state trooper arrived we inspected the vehicle & learned our right rear tire had blown, we also noticed a leaking fluid from the vehicle. once the tow truck arrived & started to pull the vehicle onto his flatbed, we learned the right rear rim had completely split, & the entire inner lip assembly was missing. we arrived at a portland oregon dealership around 3 am and waited in the parking lot for business to open. once open a tech inspected the vehicle. we learned that the rear rim blew and sent metal shrapnel flying everywhere. 1 piece hit the rear strut and pierced a hole in it, leaking shock fluid everywhere. 1 piece hit the muffler and popped a hole through that. 2 pieces pierced the undercarriage of the vehicle and actually went into the trunk. 1 of the pieces in the trunk hit the battery in the right rear and decommission it. the portland oregon bmw dealer did just emergency repairs enough to get us home. they replaced the battery, the rear strut, & did some programming required for the new battery. once home, we noticed the smell of gas as well as error messages in the instrument cluster regarding the gas cap being open. after doing a few days of research, i learned of 2 other owners who had the exact same brand of wheels (sevas - sevasheels.com) experience the exact same problem where the rim would split in two and come apart during drive. i have also heard from multiple owners that no matter how hard their tire shop tries, they can not properly balance the tires, resulting in heavy vibration when driving.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Wilburham, MA

Tl*- the contact owns a 2003 bmw 745li. while driving the vehicle at 5 mph she lost control of the vehicle. the vehicle lost power, and she was unable to restart the vehicle. it was towed; the failure mileage was 10,000 miles. in 2006 w...

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2005 BMW 745LI in Prairieville, LA

Dt: the contact's finger was caught in the automatic door, causing injury to her finger. this was the passenger's side automatic door. the dealer has not currently been contacted. she felt that this was a safety defect because it could hav...

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2003 BMW 745LI in Bartlett, IL

On march 24th 2005 a dunlop (goodyear) m3 wintersport snow tire literally disintegrated on the expressway. the tread separated from the sidewalls and destroyed my inner wheel well of my 2003 bmw 745li. if not for the observant driver to my ...

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2003 BMW 745LI in Uniondale, NY

I lease a bmw 745li. the lease began may 15, 2003. over the last few months three tires had to be replaced. the last two went flat as a result of driving at night over a low curb (a small island in the center of the road approximately 4 ...

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2003 BMW 745LI in Park Ridge, IL

Drivers side seat belt buckle would not release. required sliding out from underneath of the seat belt. dealer had to replace seat belt buckle.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Corpus Christi, TX

I purchased the car in kansas in july 2003. the first week after i purchased the car i contacted the dealership about a problem with the car stalling out. the dealership told me it was a design feature. i moved out of the state and cont...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Aliso Viejo, CA

Nar 04/10/2003 the consumers has experienced numerous problems with there vehicle. the transmission has caused the vehicle to skid to a stop when accelerating on the brake, the passenger air bags light comes on for no reason, and the compu...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Aliso Viejo, CA

Nar 04/10/2003 the consumers has experienced numerous problems with there vehicle. the transmission has caused the vehicle to skid to a stop when accelerating on the brake, the passenger air bags light comes on for no reason, and the compu...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Aliso Viejo, CA

Nar 04/10/2003 the consumers has experienced numerous problems with there vehicle. the transmission has caused the vehicle to skid to a stop when accelerating on the brake, the passenger air bags light comes on for no reason, and the compu...

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2003 BMW 745LI in Dallas, TX

Without warning, the hood latch unlocked and caused the hood to open.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Carson, CA

While traveling at 70 mph tailgate unexpectedly fell off. this almost caused a crash.

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2003 BMW 745LI in Los Angeles, CA

While waiting at an intersection vehicle suddenly accelerated. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove the vehicle to dealer for analysis. mechanic told consumer that this was a design defect, and could not resolve...

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2003 BMW 745LI in Medford, NJ

Repetitive problems with navigation, phone-- idling issues that car vehicle to sputter and or lurch forward stability control that switches itself off while vehicle in motion. ak

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2003 BMW 745LI in Medford, NJ

Repetitive problems with navigation, phone-- idling issues that car vehicle to sputter and or lurch forward stability control that switches itself off while vehicle in motion. ak

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2003 BMW 745LI in Tarzana, CA

The consumer stated while traveling 10-15 mph the transmission indicator started flashing and the vehicle was unable to change gears.

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2002 BMW 745LI in Walnut Creek, CA

Problems with vehicle's bumper protection moldings, step plates, numerous blind spots while driving. the step plate in each door of the vehicle was not compatible with the quality of the vehicle, the bumper protection molding was defec...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Oakton, VA

The telematics and other electronics systems of the vehicle have failed or reported apparently erroneous information on many occasions. in most cases, these failures occur while the vehicle is in the midst of travel, which thereby causes t...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Oakton, VA

The telematics and other electronics systems of the vehicle have failed or reported apparently erroneous information on many occasions. in most cases, these failures occur while the vehicle is in the midst of travel, which thereby causes t...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Oakton, VA

The telematics and other electronics systems of the vehicle have failed or reported apparently erroneous information on many occasions. in most cases, these failures occur while the vehicle is in the midst of travel, which thereby causes t...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Oakton, VA

The telematics and other electronics systems of the vehicle have failed or reported apparently erroneous information on many occasions. in most cases, these failures occur while the vehicle is in the midst of travel, which thereby causes t...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Mclean, VA

On two occasions the vehicles engine sputtered and shut down when started. on another occasion the engine stalled while driving 50 mph. the dealer indicated that the on board computer was the problem.

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2002 BMW 745LI in Castro Valley, CA

While driving, the vehicle stalled and lost complete power.

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2002 BMW 745LI in Mclean, VA

The vehicles main computer failed while driving. this resulted in the vehicle shutting off and almost caused a rear end collision.

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2002 BMW 745LI in Aventura, FL

Systems failure in rain storm while driving on interstate 95 in broward county, fl. failure involved windshield wipers, lights, directional signals etc. which created an unsafe condition as well as quite a surprise for me (the driver). thi...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Highland, CA

I have had my 2002 bmw 745li to the dealer twice for the same complaint & it's doing it again. the problem is that the car will frequently not respond when accellerating. this can be dangerous if you're turning a corner with someone behind ...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Laguna Hills, CA

2002 bmw 745li high pitch whine from transmission, similar to aircraft turbine engine noise, while driving at highway speeds. bmw, it's dealer and headquarters have known about this problem and are unable to resolve or fix it. additional...

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2002 BMW 745LI in Laguna Hills, CA

2002 bmw 745li high pitch whine from transmission, similar to aircraft turbine engine noise, while driving at highway speeds. bmw, it's dealer and headquarters have known about this problem and are unable to resolve or fix it. additional...

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