This price is 4.1 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $8753
Fair price: $9601
High price: $10448
MPG: 17 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: North Shore Auto Group
Mileage: 90,211
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 BMW 5 Series 535xi
Estimated: $43641 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2674
$1283
$1123
$1016
$909
$7005
Insurance
$1713
$1773
$1835
$1899
$1965
$9185
Fuel
$1902
$1960
$2028
$2109
$2204
$10203
Maintenance
$2763
$2022
$1173
$1225
$2291
$9474
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$889
$889
$889
$889
$889
$1317
Total Ownership Costs
$10918
$8277
$7585
$7749
$9112
$43641
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2979.1682352
Displacement CI: 181.8
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 300
Engine KW: 223.7100
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 535xi
Model Year: 2008
Other Restraint System Info: Dual-stage suppl. restraint system (SRS) certified to the advanced airbag requiremnets of FMVSS 208, S14.
Plant City: Dingolfing
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 5 - Series
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 10/7/2011 AND WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK I REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING STATING THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A LAG ON TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. SALESMAN STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON A HIGHWAY, A WARNING STATEMENT WAS DISPLAYED 'MAXIMUM DRIVETRAIN NOT AVAILABLE' AND CAR IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED TO 30MPH...VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THREE DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM NOW GOING 60MPH. BACK INTO THE DEALER I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CONTINUAL LAG IN ACCELERATION AFTER STOPS AND THEN LURCHING FORWARD. JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE MASTER AIR FLOW SENSOR. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND I WANT IT RETURNED TO DEALER. *TR
2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS UNRESOLVED FIRE SAFETY ISSUES WITH A 2008 BMW 535XI *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON FEB 14, 2012, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, SIX DAYS LATER, A SPARK OF FIRE AND BALL OF SMOKE OCCURRED AS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ALTERNATOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED AN OIL LEAK. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES AND EXPLODED, TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT HOOD AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT WERE MELTED AND DESTROYED, AS WELL AS THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AREAS WERE AFFECTED BY THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER AND HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN DECEMBER 2013, AND JANUARY 2014 AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. HE COMPLAINED OF LOW COOLANT, THE TRUNK RANDOMLY OPENING, THE KEY NOT STARTING THE VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY, AND THE CLOCK SUDDENLY SHOWING A THE WRONG TIME. BOTH TIMES, THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. UPDATED 03/10/14