A class-action lawsuit claims the supposedly maintenance-free front differentials can fail prematurely, leaving owners with expensive repair bills.

Every gearhead has heard the joke: "lifetime fluid" means the fluid lasts exactly as long as the part it's protecting. A Pennsylvania lawsuit is now asking a federal judge to decide whether BMW wrote ...

For most drivers, “lifetime fluid” sounds reassuringly simple: one less component to service and one less maintenance bill to ...

A class action lawsuit against BMW has been launched alleging front differentials on certain xDrive-equipped models are failing despite 'lifetime' fluid.

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that BMW represented certain vehicles equipped with the xDrive all-wheel-drive system as designed with front differential fluid that would last the car’s ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...