[RR_Bimmers]

Will send pictures later this week for those who are interested.

Listed on cars.com:

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/8...ff=share_other

Was looking for a sale area in this part of the forum but didn't find it.

Thanks!

[RR_Bimmers]

I should add this build was $105k MSRP. It has every option except for the bronze trim on the outside - yes, Bowers Wilkins

[razor488]

What made you decide to sell?

[RR_Bimmers]

Originally Posted by razor488

What made you decide to sell?

Unhappy with iDrive8 and my wife wants a vert.

[ScullyD]

Originally Posted by rakhred

I should add this build was $105k MSRP. It has every option except for the bronze trim on the outside - yes, Bowers Wilkins

This should sell fast, if i didn't have one already, i'd be buying yours. The B&W system in an iX50 is key (which mine also has).

[RR_Bimmers]

Originally Posted by ScullyD

This should sell fast, if i didn't have one already, i'd be buying yours. The B&W system in an iX50 is key (which mine also has).

Well if you know anyone, let'em know! Thanks!

[RR_Bimmers]

Found some pics, adding them here (taken right before delivery).

[RR_Bimmers]

Well after today's update I have no plans to sell it. I couldn't do it in good conscience. I now plan to take this up with our dealer and BMW.

[razor488]

What is going on with it?

[RR_Bimmers]

Originally Posted by razor488

What is going on with it?

Well so far, "software". I'll keep the group updated. Nothing against this platform for those who are happy, but we are done.

[drbluedevil]

Originally Posted by rakhred

Well after today's update I have no plans to sell it. I couldn't do it in good conscience. I now plan to take this up with our dealer and BMW.

Just curious what was up. You said your wife wants a convertible, so I doubt this update will address that!!

Also: seeing the BMW Roseville frames brings back wonderful memories of living in sac town!

[RR_Bimmers]

As an update - national engineers are still working on the car, but it seems they are "leaning" - no official word yet - towards buying the car back. Timeline summary:
1. First trip to dealer for software update - car wouldn't take it so had to have engineers "remote in" from South Carolina to update the car - 2 days in the shop.
2. Second trip due to our app displaying "Front Collision Mitigation" error (or something similarly named - car was in the shop for 3 days - again national level engineering was involved. Faults for dynamic cruise and stop and go assist - faults were present throughout testing. Was told that it was an app issue. Sent home after 3 days.
3. Wife driving home and gets "emergency STOP" on the dash - car automatically calls SOS. I drove to her, restarted the car and drove it to the dealer before labor day weekend (Friday) - and it is still there - national engineers are working on it at the moment. As I'm finalizing the build for our M4 vert, they are leaning towards purchasing the iX back.
Good news to come hopefully. We just want to be treated fairly, as loyal customers to the brand. BMW doesn't get poorer in getting us out of the iX and into another BMW. Far from it.

Again, I'm usually an early adopter of tech, but this just hasn't worked out for us. I dont' want to discouarge anyone who feels great about their purchase or those who are about to receive their iX. But I feel I wouldn't be doing the forum any favors by hiding the facts that we are going through right now.

[razor488]

Thanks for the update. It seems like you got unlucky. If this were happening to everyone, I think we'd hear about it.

[RR_Bimmers]

Originally Posted by razor488

Thanks for the update. It seems like you got unlucky. If this were happening to everyone, I think we'd hear about it.

Agree.

[svenbmw]

This is an expensive car and even early adapters shouldn't go through such major issues from a legacy brand like BMW. Few minor bugs here and there are expected and completely fine as long as they fix it through iterative updates. But car coming to an emergency stop ? BMW should take it back.

[RR_Bimmers]

Update:

Car still at the dealer. Being told that there was software that controls one of eight water pumps which may have failed in cooling the battery down, this causing the car to stop emergently in the middle of the road. So either you get hit by another car or get incinerated in the car when it catches fire. Ok, I'm bitter, but going to stay away from electric for awhile. Not that nothing can happen with a gas vehicle, but the explanation I got was plain stupid. A random software issue which could not be identified and now it was identified as MAYBE causing the issue. Confused? Me too.

[hugo_nz]

Water pump failures are know to affect a small number of cars. My BMW rep told me that they are just as stressed out by the IX errors as customers are because they know so little about the car. Some of us have particularly trouble free cars :-)

[Paladin1]

Giving a pass for worldwide events, semiconductor shortages and parts shortages, BMW has had years of experience with EVs, in spite of having produced a modern, mainstream version only recently. They've also had OTA rollouts for some time and their controlling app, MyBMW, has been out for years as well. The ongoing cascade of random issues with this car (to be fair, mine has been relatively trouble-free) is inexcusable for a legacy manufacturer - beginning with multiple significant recalls out of the chute, progressing to apparently unrepairable main battery issues and including multiple software faults in iD8 and the remote app, often making the car undriveable. And all these on top of continuing production and delivery stalls, along with randomly removing advertised features, make BMW's entry into the premium - and expensive - EV market a fairly unmitigated disaster, in spite of having produced a world class groundbreaking electric vehicle - if you can get one, and if it works. Not quite a Pinto or an Edsel debacle, but it wouldn't take much right now. Get your act together Munich!

[Plony]

Originally Posted by Paladin1

Giving a pass for worldwide events, semiconductor shortages and parts shortages, BMW has had years of experience with EVs, in spite of having produced a modern, mainstream version only recently. They've also had OTA rollouts for some time and their controlling app, MyBMW, has been out for years as well. The ongoing cascade of random issues with this car (to be fair, mine has been relatively trouble-free) is inexcusable for a legacy manufacturer - beginning with multiple significant recalls out of the chute, progressing to apparently unrepairable main battery issues and including multiple software faults in iD8 and the remote app, often making the car undriveable. And all these on top of continuing production and delivery stalls, along with randomly removing advertised features, make BMW's entry into the premium - and expensive - EV market a fairly unmitigated disaster, in spite of having produced a world class groundbreaking electric vehicle - if you can get one, and if it works. Not quite a Pinto or an Edsel debacle, but it wouldn't take much right now. Get your act together Munich!

I second that. With probably less than 3,000 iX sold in the US so far, the number of unresolvable complaints we've encountered here and other forums represents a not insignificant percentage. Very disconcerting for someone whose order just entered production.

[quasar81]

Originally Posted by Plony

I second that. With probably less than 3,000 iX sold in the US so far, the number of unresolvable complaints we've encountered here and other forums represents a not insignificant percentage. Very disconcerting for someone whose order just entered production.

Still have opportunity to cancel, right? 😀
I have one on order and getting to fence now.

[razor488]

For what it’s worth I took delivery on Monday and have had zero issues. Software version 7/22.45

[deutsch100]

We have two iX now and while mine had a few modules slip into "Transport Mode" on delivery day and delayed me taking ownership, it has been perfect since.

Our first iX is a month old now, and has been 100% issue and snafu free!