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11114453 2017-05-28
2011 BMW 328I
I WAS ON THE STREET. WHEN I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON MAY 28 2017. MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER I SLAMMED SOMEONE IN THE BACK BECAUSE MY BRAKES WERE NOT PROPYL WORKING. MY AIRBAGS ALSO SHOT OUT SOME METAL FRAGMENTS CUTTING MY HAND UP.
10884895 2014-12-23
2010 BMW 328XI
I BELIEVE THAT UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSED MY ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. I WAS REVERSING SLOWLY OUT OF A STEEP DRIVEWAY. ONCE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO THAT I COULD SWITCH GEAR IN TO DRIVE. WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON BRAKE, THE CAR ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, AND I COULDN'T CONTROL IT. THE BRAKE WOULDN'T WORK. THE ACCELERATION WAS SO FAST, THAT WHAT STOPPED ME WAS HITTING A HORSE FENCE ACROSS THE STREET. I WAS GOING SO FAST, THAT I ENDED UP GOING AIRBORNE, AND ONLY DAMAGED THE TOP OF THE HORSE FENCE. MY FRONT PART OF MY CAR THEN FELL FORWARD AND BROKE THE TIE ROD IN HALF. I ENDED UP WITH WHIPLASH AND A CONCUSSION, REQUIRING POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 4 MONTHS. I ASKED BMW FOR A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO MY CAR TO SEE IF IT MALFUNCTIONED. MY CAR WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE FIXED PRIOR TO THE INVESTIGATION AND HAD TO BE DONE AT A BMW DEALER, WHICH IT WAS. EVERYTHING WAS A SECRET WHEN BMW INVESTIGATED MY CAR. THE BMW DEALER SERVICE MANAGER WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE TOLD ANY FINDINGS OR WATCH THE INVESTIGATION. BMW SENT ME A LETTER AFTERWARDS STATING THAT THE CAR DIDN'T MALFUNCTION. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 33 YEARS WITHOUT ONE ACCIDENT OR TRAFFIC VIOLATION. I HAD DRIVEN THAT CAR FOR 4 YEARS AND I KNOW THAT MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE BUT I WAS ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER AND COULDN'T STOP THE CAR. I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND WHAT IS DESCRIBED IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I AM LUCKY AND THANKFUL THAT NO CAR OR PERSON WAS BEHIND ME, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE. I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I PUSHED ON BRAKE, BUT UNINTENDED ACCELERATION HAD ME GOING IN REVERSE ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR UNTIL I HIT HORSE FENCE. THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK. I HAVE PHOTOS OF HORSE FENCE AND BROKEN TIE ROD BUT ONLY ALLOWED TO UPLOAD 5 FILES.
10778322 2015-08-25
2011 BMW 335XI
IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I'VE OWNED MY 2011 335XI, I HAVE HAD TO -HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS BECAUSE IT KEPT COMING ON EVEN THOUGH MY TIRES WERE FINE. DISCONCERTING AT BEST WHEN YOU'RE A SINGLE WOMAN COMMUTING AT HIGH SPEEDS EVERY DAY ON A TURNPIKE IN TRAFFIC. -CONTINUALLY REPLACE BURNED OUT DAYTIME RUNNING OR REAR BRAKE BULBS -DEAL WITH AN ONGOING SURGE OR LURCHING WHEN I START FROM A STOP, WORSE WHEN THE A/C IS ON, THAT REPAIR SHOPS STILL CAN'T PINPOINT -REPLACE THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS -REPLACE THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT (AND WORRY ABOUT POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE FROM THE OVERHEATED ENGINE; CAR HAD TO BE TOWED ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK) -REPLACE THE STARTER -REPLACE THE ENGINE TENSION BELT -I WILL SOON HAVE TO REPLACE LEAKING OIL FILTER HOUSING GASKET -AND I HAVE A PROBABLE RADIATOR LEAK, AS I'M REFILLING COOLANT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 4 WEEKS (TO THE POINT WHERE I KEEP A GALLON OF IT IN MY TRUNK, WITH A FUNNEL, FOR WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON) TO DATE, IN THE TWO YEARS I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE (I BOUGHT IT OFF-LEASE), I'VE ALREADY SPENT ALMOST $5,000 ON WHAT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY REPAIRS FOR A HIGH-END VEHICLE.
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