2016 Bmw X3 Steering Problems

Your car's Electronic Power Steering Control Unit failed while driving, causing the engine to rev but the vehicle to stop responding to acceleration. Both an independent mechanic and the BMW dealer confirmed the steering control unit needs to be replaced, but the repair wasn't covered under any available recall. The fix will require replacing the Electronic Power Steering Control Unit.

WHILE APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, BRAKED, THEN WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUTDOWN AND STOPPED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THIS WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, WHICH COULD HAVE KILLED BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED. UPON ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL NOR COULD THE PARKING BRAKE BE DISENGAGED SO THE VEHICLE COULD BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE MARKET.

2016 BMW X3. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND EPISODES OF STEERING WHEEL BRIEFLY UNRESPONSIVE WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND STOPPED WITH THE DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE BRAKE. *JS