drivetrain malfunction

I too have had continual problems with my new 2013 750Li. Remember this car is BRAND NEW. I was constantly burning oil every 1,000 miles, then I got a drive train malfunction and a sensor had to be changed out, then I got a transmission failure and again another sensor, now with the burning oil so bad, I brought it in and they said that two hoses that are suppose to circulate oil are not working. They can get the left hose but not the right and BMW has no idea when. They are thinking 6 months. I said keep it, I am not taking it back. They talked to BMWNA and have agreed to swap out the car. This has been since Dec 1st. In the mean time, we are paying on a car that I have not had in my possession for close to 2 months.

At least the dealership advocated on my behalf and was able to get approval to replace the car.

Obviously something is not right with these new 7's. No one can accept these type f issues on a 100k car. Completely unacceptable

Originally Posted by ccap

No one can accept these type f issues on a 100k car. Completely unacceptable

I would argue it to be unacceptable on any new car - even one for $15K.

First post, hello to everyone and thanks for having me in the club. I do have to say that I love my "new" car. I bought a 2010 750Li Xdrive with 33000 miles. I think it is everything I ever wanted in a car. With that having been said...

...I have owned my new (to me) 750 for 3 weeks now. Last week, with my garage full of gasoline fumes from the leaking sensor in the fuel line (between the heads), it was in the shop to fix that. Today, I left it at the dealership to replace all of the fuel injectors, which will have to be flown in tomorrow. So reading through the thread, what do you think comes next? Smooth sailing from here or am I on to the turbos or something else?

Do love the car when it runs...keeping the faith for now.

Originally Posted by jpeppel51

First post, hello to everyone and thanks for having me in the club. I do have to say that I love my "new" car. I bought a 2010 750Li Xdrive with 33000 miles. I think it is everything I ever wanted in a car. With that having been said...

...I have owned my new (to me) 750 for 3 weeks now. Last week, with my garage full of gasoline fumes from the leaking sensor in the fuel line (between the heads), it was in the shop to fix that. Today, I left it at the dealership to replace all of the fuel injectors, which will have to be flown in tomorrow. So reading through the thread, what do you think comes next? Smooth sailing from here or am I on to the turbos or something else?

Do love the car when it runs...keeping the faith for now.

My car had a bunch of issues and was at the dealership for 7 weeks straight. That was a year ago and nothing since. Good luck.

Originally Posted by chrischeung

I would argue it to be unacceptable on any new car - even one for $15K.

+1 on that! Other than experiencing the "orange screen of death" once on my iDrive, I had no issues with my 7. I was happy to learn in those instances described here where there were some major problems that BMW stepped up to the plate. Is this...drivetrain malfunction...something that is mostly occurring in the `13 models?

Hi, I am experiencing the same problem with my 750li XDrive. The car is burning about a quart every 1000 miles but no other problems yet. My dealer has also advocated to replace the car and has managed to get BMW to give me a different car as long as it doesn't have the same engine. Is this what they did for you or did they put you in another 750li XDrive?

Sorry I forgot to mention it's a 2013.

I have a 2010 750xi lease and the same issues happened to me a couple of times. This is my 3rd BMW (3 & 5) and I've never had these issues before. Usually the dealers don't believe me until they see the drivetrain malfunction and check engine light. Then they end up replacing fuel injectors. And this last time I had been smelling fuel and there was some other fuel leak. UNACCEPTABLE!! I thought I was the only one who had experienced this with this car over the course I've had it. It still feels like its riding rough. I have a few more months left on the lease and I will be exploring all alternatives.

So I've had the gamut of slow engine starts, drivetrain warnings with car shuttering, and unable to drive about 60, which is not really what you want when entering a high way. The same solutions have been attempted, replaced injectors twice, wiring harness twice. I'm 2 years into my lease, but I still want out, as I for me this is a SAFETY issue for me and my family. They've offered to put me into a new lease, but I don't want to make a 100K decision out of duress. I've offered to finish my current lease term in new car, which they are balking on. I'll be sure to update you, but for the amount of time, aggravation, and physical jeopardy that this car and company have put me through. I am very disappointed. This is coming from someone who did European Delivery and championed BMW to anyone that listened, including my father and godfather who both bought cars within the last 3 months from the same dealership. Hope BMW NA will step up.

Originally Posted by Laureate2

I'm 2 years into my lease, but I still want out, as I for me this is a SAFETY issue for me and my family. They've offered to put me into a new lease, but I don't want to make a 100K decision out of duress. I've offered to finish my current lease term in new car, which they are balking on.

This is confusing. Do you want out? Or do you want to drive a new car for 2 years? If you want out, you can likely do so, less a small amount covering use until you first reported the issue.

My recommendation is first to focus on what you want to do, and try and get it, rather than this or that. There are quite a few examples of folks who have been happy getting out of their car, and those happy with a new replacement.