Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2013 BMW 528xi.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2013 BMW 528XI. The vehicle was a dealer sale. The contact stated that while dr… |
| 2025-08-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My 2013 BMW 528i was serviced under recall 24V-608 (Coolant Pump Electrical Connector / DME). After the recall was mark… |
| 2025-06-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | the head lights are frequently burn out although there is no break in the light covers. It is unpredictable and unsafe … |
| 2025-05-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528XI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and En… |
| 2025-04-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528XI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and En… |
| 2025-04-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528I. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and Eng… |
| 2025-03-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528XI. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and En… |
| 2025-03-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Both of my headlights had moisture. I replaced the driverside first because you could literally see water sitting in th… |
| 2025-02-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The timing chain became stretched so that the valve timing with the pistons had been altered so that a valve face almos… |
| 2025-01-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528i. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and Eng… |
| 2025-01-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | -Drivetrain warning message was displayed, indicated to drive moderately, and moments later car sputtered and ceased to… |
| 2024-07-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 BMW 528XI. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled w… |
| 2024-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | See attached document for complaint. |
| 2023-12-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The vehicle has had no accidents or front impacts but has extensive moisture/condensation build up in both front headla… |
| 2023-10-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine failure due to faulty timing chain or oil pump while driving |
| 2023-08-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BMW 528i xdrive purchased new in 2013. Currently has 103k miles. While driving on hi-way at 65 mph, received "low oil… |
| 2023-05-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The headrest deployed while parked in the dealer ship and was subsequently replaced. The vehicle was parked and not run… |
| 2023-02-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The 2013 BMW 528xi had impeccable maintenance up to this catastrophic event. The mileage was just over 80,000 miles at … |
| 2023-02-04 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Something isn’t right with how water travels to and gets into the Front Headlights of these cars weaking the seals and… |
| 2022-08-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I have a 2013 BMW 528I with 160,299 miles. I bought it 4 months prior to the incident with 145,000-150,000 miles on it… |
| 2022-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The engine timing chain failed due to faulty plastic guide around the timing chain which gets brittle and brakes in the… |
| 2022-01-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Driving as normal, and came to stoplight at intersection of busy highway. Stopped for red light, and call stalled, and… |
| 2022-01-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Adaptive headlight, turn signals, daytime/parking lamp and headlamp vehicle aim malfunctions. it is available for inspe… |
| 2021-12-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While driving with my children, the u-joint on my BMW 528xi failed, causing the driveshaft to break. There was no war… |
| 2021-11-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Driving on highway got Low Oil Pressure light followed by Drivetrain Malfunction. Engine failed, managed to pull over o… |
| 2021-03-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW 528XI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY … |
| 2021-01-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION, CAR IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE IN DRIVE AND VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE IS ONLY AT 66K MIL… |
| 2020-11-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF REST (30MINS-1HR) AND A COUPLE TIMES ON EXTENDED… |
| 2020-10-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I AM HAVING THE SAME DRIVETRAIN ISSUES THAT OTHER EARLIER MODEL BMW'S BETWEEN 2011 TO 2015 THAT WAS RECALLED. MY OIL PU… |
| 2020-04-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD (CROSSING OVER RT 29 IN MALVERN, PA). A MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN IN MY CAR… |
| 2020-04-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BMW ENGINE N20B20 KNOWN TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. THE CAR IN QUESTION IS 2013 BMW 528I XDRIVE, 4 CYL. TURBO ENGINE, AUTOMATIC… |
| 2020-04-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TWICE AND THE ENGINE FAILED THE SAME WAY BOTH TIMES IT WENT FROM 55MPH TO 20 BEGIN TO JERK… |
| 2020-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WAS GIVING THE POWERTRAIN SERVICE MESSAGE, WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD START TO POWER DOWN THE CAR APART OF BUILT IN MEC… |
| 2020-01-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BOUGHT USED 2013 BMW 528I XDRIVE 0N 4/2018 WITH OVER 94K MIKES. CAR IN GREAT CONDITION AND ALWAYS SERVICED. AT 123K MIL… |
| 2020-01-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | A CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH MY BMW, A 2013 528I MODEL, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY EXPRESSWAY. A WARNING M… |
| 2019-12-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WAS IN MOTION BROKE DOWN ON HIGHWAY |
| 2019-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE'S TIMING CHAIN FAILURE AFTER 6 YEARS AND 65000 MILES. |
| 2019-10-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING FROM MEMPHIS TO PCB LAST FRIDAY WHEN I LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR BIRMINGHAM. FIRST THE '… |
| 2019-08-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, GAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LO… |
| 2019-08-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS A DETAIL LIGHT READING "DRIVER RESTRAINT MALFUNCTION: ALSO THE LOCK ON THE PASSENGER WILL N… |
| 2019-04-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WE BOUGHT A 2013 BMW 528XI NEW. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 120K MILES, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. WE PUT OIL IN AND IT WAS … |
| 2019-04-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | YOU DRIVE CAR BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEED UP IT WANT GO ANY FASTER. |
| 2019-03-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVERS DOOR LOCK IS FAILING AT ONLY 40,000 MILES. WE FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN WE WOULD LOCK THE CAR FROM THE KE… |
| 2019-01-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2013 528I HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTOR. I PURCHASED THE CAR AROUND DECEMBER 18 SOME TIME WITH ABOUT 76000 MILES … |
| 2018-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DOORS ARE GETTING LOCKDOWN SPORADICALLY EVEN AFTER YOUR CAR IS AT COMPLETE STOP AND PARKED, UNLESS YOU PRESS THE CENTRA… |
| 2018-10-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN FAILURE CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. CAR DISPLAYED "LOW OIL PRESSURE" WARNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED… |
| 2018-09-24 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BMW 528XI. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION WARNING … |
| 2018-08-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION TOTAL FAILURE AND WAS REPLACED AROUND AROUND 55,00 OIL CHAIN PUMP & TIMING CHAIN RESULTING IN A TOTAL MO… |
| 2018-08-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED WHILE I WAS DRIVING TODAY (8/23/2018) ON A CHICAGO-AREA HIGHWAY. I SAW NO LIKELY CAUSE OF T… |
| 2018-06-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY WIFE WAS TURNING HEAR STEERING WHEEL AND HEARD A "CLICK" AND THEN SHE GOT SOME LIGHTS ON HER DASHBOARD. UPON FURTHE… |