2011 Bmw 535I XDRIVE - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"i purchased a 2011 bmw 535i xdrive vehicle with goodyear eagle ls runflats 245/40 r19. the car has only 19,000 miles and from the day that i purchased it (in feb 2011), i have had to replace the front tires 8 times and recently the rear tires 2 times. a total of 10 tire replacements. some replacements were due to bubbles on sidewalls. the others were due what appeared to be cuts on the inside/outside sidewalls. i have spoken to many bmw owners of similar vehicle and everyone is running into the same problem. goodyear initially was replacing my tires at no charge becasue they tire damage always was within tire warranty window until last year when they changed their road hazzard warranty policy and no longer cover the expense. these are very expensive tires. something has to be done about these tires..... *tr"

"three goodyear excellence 245/40r19xl run-flat tires have failed with sidewall bubbles on my 2011 bmw 535i. the first was on 8-31-11 at 7,317 miles. the second on 1-15-13 at 20,158 miles and the most recent on 7-16-13 at 23,433 miles. the factory original right-front tire and its replacement tire both failed. the third failure (on 7-16-13) was on the left front. this is my wife's car and it is driven very conservatively. no wrecks, no hitting curbs, etc. never in my life have i had this type of tire failure. these run-flat tires are truly defective. in each case, i had to pay for a new replacement tire. old tires are not available unless i could reclaim the latest tire at my local tire shop before they discarded it. complained to goodyear the last time and they agreed to pay part of the cost of the replacement tire. these need to be taken off the road before someone gets killed. *tr"

"i have a 2011 bmw 535i is purchase nov 2010 from bmw military sales, three weeks after receiving car, my right front tire form a bubble and was replaced by bmw of landstuhl, i shipped the car to the us may 2011. june 2011 my right front tire form a bubble; took car to dealer and was told tire was not cover in warranty; both new tire, aug 2011 front left tire form blister; took back to dealership and was told i need to contact goodyear; i email the manufacture no response; april 2013 i had curbside rear tire took to dealership and was told that el paso had rough roads and that the blisters form from wear and tear; so i replace all four run flat tires and no more bubbles forming on tires. not counting the tire replace by bmw landstuhl i have replaced 3 tires. *tr"

"i have a 2011 bmw 535i with 16,300 miles which developed a bubble on the outside sidewall of the 19" goodyear excellence run flat tire. there was no pothole impact or other incident that i am aware of. the replacement cost at the bmw dealer was over $500. i have since learned that there are many instances of problems with these tires. why haven't they been recalled? *tr"

"goodyear eagle ls tires sidewall bubbles after driving just a few thousand miles. this is the second tire with a defect that was not caused by any impact. *tr"

"air bubbles in the side of 3 tires put out goodyear 2011 535i i only have 17000 miles on the car i had to purchase 3 new tires and was told if i hit a pot hole it will have to replace the tires again after spending over $1500 on tires for the bmw. *tr"

"last april i purchased a bmw 550ix. in march of this year while on the freeway i developed a flat tire. i was able to run the vehicle 40 miles to my home with the tire flat but had to flatbed the vehicle to my car repair store to replace the tire. that tire had a bubbled sidewall at the time of the flat although i cannot say that the bubbled sidewall was where the tire failed. i had the tire replaced for around $500 and the mechanic made no mention to me about the bubbled sidewall issue with this tire although, as it turns out, he was aware of the problem. at the time of repair of the above flat, my mechanic informed me that the passenger-side front tire also had a bubbled sidewall necessitating replacement of that tire in order to pass my state vehicle inspection. since the repair in late march 2012, i noticed that the passenger-side front tire has a bubbled sidewall. i might add that no potholes have been hit, do road debris has been struck. so two and possibly three of four of the original tires on this vehicle, which is just now over 1 year old, have failed sidewalls necessitating replacement. the mileage on the vehicle is around 13,000 miles. *js"

"at 6000 miles car displayed three tires with "sidewall bubbles" in them. dealer replaced three tires at cost to me. at <12,000 miles later one of those replaced had a "sidewall bubble" which again was replaced at my cost. i fear there is a dangerous situation with this car using these tires (goodyear rft) waiting to happen that will effect life or health and request action be taken before there is a tragedy. everyone is acting as if there is nothing wrong. does someone have to die before action is taken?"

"goodyear eagle ls-2 tire failure- bubble in sidewall with less than 3,000 miles on it. *js"

"tires are extremely susceptible to bubbles in the sidewall caused by routing driving. i've replaced two tires in less than 6 months on a new vehicle with less than 12,000 miles. (bmw 550i x-drive). *tr"