[JayPichardo]

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[thomas_Rp]

This is one thing that worries me about owning a BMW. I have had the drive train malfunction occur THREE times on my F10. In one case, the car was crippled to low speed in the middle of a highway. I managed to pull it to the side of the road without getting rear ended. Two times it had to do with fuel injection pumps, and one time it was the starter motor.

[jamesbaker1998]

Originally Posted by magbarn

Having previously owned a 335d, your m50d sounds like it's doing a dpf regeneration at the end of that drive. I don't think it had anything to do with drivetrain malfunction. The code should still be stored in your x5's computer so I would take it in for a dealer check.

I previously owned a f15 30d and never had that happened I called BMW roadside assistance and they reckon that my roadside assistance expired in 2017 for my G05 X5 I tried to explain to them the car was only built in February of 2019 so it's impossible for the roadside assistance to be expired! Long story short the vehicle got towed away this morning to the dealership, still yet to hear what the dealership has found.

[HMN]

Originally Posted by LeviBruno

Hi all,

My wife and I have had our 50i mSport for a couple weeks now and just recently hit 400 miles. Unfortunately, the car is at the dealer now as I experienced a "Drivetrain Malfunction" on Friday. The alert popped up on my iDrive while I was pulling out into traffic. By no means was I flooring it, but I was on the gas when the engine started to sputter and the alert came on. During the rest of the drive the car was extremely sluggish, to the point where it was so slow it was dangerous to drive. The car could also not figure out what gear it needed to be in so it was constantly jumping up and down, always reving over 5k. Along with this, I noticed all of the safety convenience features would no longer work as well so I was without cruise control and lane departure which I thought was sort of odd. Finally, the car takes a couple seconds now to start, cold or warm, and the motor is considerably louder.

The car is at the dealer now where they assumed it would just be a software update. I've done some searching and this seems to be somewhat common with the larger V8 i50.... has anyone else experienced this? Our car was optioned close to $90k and it would be a bummer if this was something of the norm.

Thanks!

Software update? Complete and utter BS. No software update would cause the car to jerk in that manner. I had a very similar issue in my '14 X5 50i, with the exact same fault and side effects and what I found out is that it's a very common issue with the V8s.

[smovva]

Originally Posted by HMN

Software update? Complete and utter BS. No software update would cause the car to jerk in that manner. I had a very similar issue in my '14 X5 50i, with the exact same fault and side effects and what I found out is that it's a very common issue with the V8s.

Had these exact symptoms with a drive train malfunction error happen on my 2011 X3 (F25) four times:
1st time was a cracked air intake tube (induction charge pipe)
2nd Time was a faulty VTG motor on the transfer case
3rd time was a malfunctioning mass air flow meter
4th time was another cracked indiction charge pipe

The first one took 3 weeks to fix waiting for a part from Germany. All others were a couple of day fixes. In every instance except #3 they updated the car Transmission control unit (TCU) and DME software, but then it was the first model year for the F25 so they had lots to fix in software everywhere.

Good luck!

[smovva]

Originally Posted by smovva

Had these exact symptoms with a drive train malfunction error happen on my 2011 X3 (F25) four times:
1st time was a cracked air intake tube (induction charge pipe)
2nd Time was a faulty VTG motor on the transfer case
3rd time was a malfunctioning mass air flow meter
4th time was another cracked indiction charge pipe

The first one took 3 weeks to fix waiting for a part from Germany. All others were a couple of day fixes. In every instance except #3 they updated the car Transmission control unit (TCU) and DME software, but then it was the first model year for the F25 so they had lots to fix in software everywhere.

Good luck!

Forgot 5th time - was a faulty ignition coil! All threw the generic drivetrain malfunction error.

[Seiyaz]

13000 miles drivetrain malfunction popped up 5 times now. Just got a call from the dealer, bmw wants them to replace the whole drivetrain.

[TrentMeister]

Originally Posted by Seiyaz

13000 miles drivetrain malfunction popped up 5 times now. Just got a call from the dealer, bmw wants them to replace the whole drivetrain.

What engine?

[Seiyaz]

Originally Posted by LBbluem2

What engine?

2019 40i