2008 BMW 335I

ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN MY 2008 BMW 335I. THIS TIME IT HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, JUST AFTER PICKING UP MY CHILDREN AT PRE-SCHOOL, I PULLED OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO GET A WHOLE IN TRAFFIC. STEPPED ON THE GAS TO PULL OUT AND SPEED UP QUICKLY TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC (45 MPH), THE CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS, THEN ACTS LIKE I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, GOES INTO A LIMP MODE, RPM DROP TO 4-500RPM AND THE CAR SHAKES AND RUNS ROUGH AND WILL BARELY ACCELERATE NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSH THE GAS PEDAL. THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC HAS TO BRAKE EXTREMELY HARD TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME SINCE THERE IS NO REAL SHOULDER OR ANY TIME TO EVEN PULL OVER, THANK GOD I WAS NOT HIT AND EVERYONE ELSE IN TRAFFIC MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY WITHOUT INCIDENT - IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR THIS TO HAVE ENDED IN A 40MPH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL REAR END COLLISION WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN MY CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I CAN RETURN MY CAR FOR REPAIR, BUT SINCE THIS IS THE APPARENTLY REPAIRED PART ALREADY INSTALLED AND THAT EVEN THE NEW REPAIR PART THAT WILL BE PUT IN MY CAR HAS ALREADY FAILED MANY TIMES ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, I FEEL THAT BMW IS JUST PUTTING ME BACK IN POTENTIALLY THE SAME DANGEROUS POSITION TO HAPPEN AGAIN. MY FIRST FUEL PUMP FAILED AT 2000 MILES, THIS ONE FAILED AT 10000 MILES, AT THIS RATE I WILL NEED 20 FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENTS BEFORE THE 100000 MILE WARRANTY RUNS OUT AND POTENTIALLY BE IN UP TO 20 ACCIDENTS WHEN THIS HAPPENS - PLEASE REOPEN THIS CASE AND INVESTIGATE BMW FURTHER BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED! *TR

MY 2008 BMW 335I ONLY HAD AROUND 28,000 MILES WHEN I BEGAN NOTICING IT TOOK AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO START THE ENGINE. IT WOULD CRANK FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE FINALLY STARTED, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS A COLD START. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS WARMED UP IT SEEMED TO RUN JUST FINE. IT HAS NOW BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES SINCE JAN 2010 AND I'M SICK OF IT! AM TERRIFIED ABOUT THE CAR STOPPING ON THE INTERSTATE, AMID TRAFFIC, LIKE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN VARIOUS OTHER POSTS! *TR

MY CAR HAS ALREADY FAILED TWICE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I.E., FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP). THE PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN A YEAR FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. IT APPEARED THAT BMW HAVE NO FIX TO THE ISSUE YET. CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SERIOUS AND LEAD TO SERIOUS PROBLEMS RELATED TO SAFETY. TWO HPFP'S WERE REPLACED BY THE BMW DEALER AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT LATEST PART WILL FIX THE ISSUE PERMANENTLY. *TR

MULTIPLE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP(HPFP) FAILURES. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY AVENUE THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTS DOWN DUE TO THE HPFP FAILING. THIS WAS AFTER THE CAR HAD MADE 2 PREVIOUS VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR HPFP PROBLEMS. CURRENTLY I AM NOW ON MY 3RD HPFP IN 2MONTHS. UNSAFE CAR TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY IF THIS WAS TO OCCUR AT HIGH SPEEDS ON A HIGHWAY. BMW HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE MODEL YEAR 2007 UP UNTIL 2010, WITH NO PRODUCT CHANGES OTHER THAN SIMPLE REPLACEMENTS. HPFP SHOWS SIGNS OF PROBLEMS WHEN STARTING THE CAR, DUE TO LONG CRANKS, UNSTABLE RPM'S AND ENGINE SHUTTERING. *TR

MY BMW 335I ONLY HAD A FEW THOUSAND MILES WHEN I BEGAN NOTICING IT TOOK AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO START THE ENGINE. IT WOULD CRANK FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE FINALLY STARTED, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS A COLD START. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS WARMED UP IT SEEMED TO RUN JUST FINE. THEN AFTER A FEW DAYS THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT AND EXCLAMATION POINT WERE LIGHT UP ON MY DASHBOARD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED BMW WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD TAKE PROPER STEPS TO ENSURE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP AND WHATEVER OTHER SEALS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. CAR SEEMED TO WORK JUST FINE FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS, NOW THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS TO CRANK FOR AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AGAIN IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR TO START. I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL NOT BE PROPERLY FIXED AGAIN. THE CAR IS NOT YET AT 10K MILES AND I AM HAVING TO BRING IT IN TO BE FIXED FOR A SECOND TIME. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING. **PLEASE NOTE, THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW THE 335I AS AN OPTION FOR THE 2009 YEAR, ONLY WHEN I CHOSE THE YEAR AS 2008, PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER THAT THIS IS A 2009 BMW NOT A 2008** *TR

MY CAR'S HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I WAS ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, THE CAR STUTTERED, AND THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" WENT ON. AFTER THIS OCCURRED, THE CAR COULD BARELY ACCELERATE. IT WAS THE WEEKEND, SO I HAD TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO MY DESTINATION, AS THERE WERE NO BMW DEALERSHIPS OPEN TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, WHEN GETTING ONTO THE FREEWAY. ALSO, HAD THE CAR GIVEN OUT COMPLETELY, IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED THE NEXT WORK DAY (12/28/2009). ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE INVOICE PROVIDED BY THE BMW DEALERSHIP, THE PROBLEM WAS A "FAULTY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP." THE FAULTY HPFP WAS REPLACED. *TR

OWN A 2008 BMW 335I. CAR "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT WENT ON WHILE I WAS ON HIGHWAY. IT WENT INTO SAFETY MODE, IF I TRIED ACCELERATING THE CAR SHUDDERED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO NEAREST BMW DEALER, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. PUMP REPLACED. LESS THAN 1,000 MILES LATER, THE CAR STARTED AGAIN WITH THE SAME BEHAVIOR. DEALER "COULD NOT REPLICATE". CAR HAS LONG CRANKS WHEN STARTING COLD. SHUDDERS AND SHAKES. THIS CAR IS A HAZARD. BMW HAS ADMITTED THE PROBLEM BY EXTENDED THE FUEL PUMP WARRANTY FROM 50,000 MILES TO 100,000 MILES, BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MULTIPLE ONLINE REPORTS OF REPEATED FUEL PUMP FAILURE. BUT, BMW WILL NOT REPLACE UNLESS A FAULT CODE IS CAPTURED. THIS CAR MUST BE RECALLED. *TR