This deal is profitable. The price is 15.6 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14192
Fair price: $15285
High price: $16377
MPG: 23 mpg city / 34 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Oyster\/Black
Color: Black Sapphire Metallic
Dealer: iAUTOHAUS
Mileage: 99,391
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 BMW 5 Series 528i
Estimated: $44804 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3691
$1772
$1550
$1402
$1255
$9670
Insurance
$1923
$1991
$2060
$2133
$2207
$10314
Fuel
$1368
$1409
$1459
$1517
$1585
$7338
Maintenance
$2540
$1885
$1221
$1494
$2188
$9328
Repairs
$910
$1077
$1227
$1347
$1551
$6112
Taxes & Fees
$1377
$1377
$1377
$1377
$1377
$2040
Total Ownership Costs
$11810
$8291
$7717
$8021
$8965
$44804
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Displacement CC: 1995.9443952
Displacement CI: 121.8
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 241
Engine KW: 179.7137
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 528i
Model Year: 2012
Other Restraint System Info: Head Inflatable Restraint for Driver, Front Passenger, Rear Outboard Driver-side and Rear Outboard Passenger-side.
Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
Plant City: Dingolfing
Plant Country: Germany
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 5-Series
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
SEAT BELTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 BMW 528I. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 2006, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. SOMETIME LATER, THE SRS AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM, WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATING. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY EITHER A DEFECT IN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, TENSIONER, CONTROL MODULE, OR WIRING HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER SLICED AND RIGGED THE WIRING FOR THE AIR BAG INDICATOR SO THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER ILLUMINATE. A DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE WIRING WOULD COST MORE TO REPLACE THAN THE ACTUAL COST OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED IF THE AIR BAGS WOULD WORK PROPERLY AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,100.
2012
WHEELS
I RAN OVER A POT HOLE, ABOUT 4" DEEP, AND BOTH PASSENGER SIDE RIMS WERE BENT SO BAD THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MODULE. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $8,229 I PREVIOUSLY HAD A BMW 750IL 2008. I ALSO HIT A POT HOLE AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND THE FRONT RIM CRACKED AND BACK RIM BENT. BOTH THE RIMS AND TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AND COST OVER $3000. THE BMWS ARE JUST TO HEAVY FOR THE ALUMINUM RIMS THEY COME WITH. IN OVER 40 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH RIMS UNTIL I STARTED DRIVING BMWS, AND I HAVE HIT A NUMBER OF POT HOLES BEFORE. SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE BMWS COME EQUIPPED WITH STEEL RIMS. THEIR CHEAP RIMS ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. *TR
