2008 BMW 335I

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO PULL OFF AND A BLIND TURN AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS WELL WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE, AN OVERHEAT ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER LEAVING US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OBSTRUCTED AROUND A TURN. THE TIME BETWEEN THE WARNING AND THE CAR LAST POWER WAS A FEW SECONDS WITH NO OTHER WARNING. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES, WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET IT ABOUT 1/2 MILE, THUS REMOVING IT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AGAIN LOSING POWER WITH NO WARNING. A QUALIFIED CAR REPAIR CENTER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY WATER PUMP (THE CAR HAS 56,000) AND THEY SAID THAT MANY OTHER BMW OWNERS WITH MY TYPE OF CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE; IN FACT THEY TOLD ME ANOTHER OWNER HAD THEIR CAR IN FOR REPAIR WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND BMW WAS NOT COOPERATING. I RESEARCHED BOTH COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE (WHICH CONFIRM THE SAME ISSUE) AS WELL AS BMW OWNER'S FORUMS WHICH LIKEWISE CONFIRM THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL. I CALLED BMW AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND UNFORTUNATE POSITION FOR BMW TO TAKE. NOT ONLY IS IT UNACCEPTABLE FOR BMW TO IGNORE A KNOWN WATER PUMP ISSUE THAT FAILS PREMATURELY, BUT THE CAR LOOSES POWER WITHOUT TIME TO REACT. FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY, I ASK THIS PLEASE BE ADDRESSED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW 335I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE MESSAGE DISPLAYED THE ENGINE OVER HEATING WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

AN OIL LEAK FROM THE TOP MOUNTED OIL FILTER HOUSING SPILLED ONTO THE RUBBER ACCESSORY BELT CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND DISINTEGRATE. THE RESULT WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF ALL POWERS, MOST IMPORTANTLY THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL CHARGING AND POWER STEERING. THIS OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING CREATED A SITUATION WHERE THE AUTO WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THE LOSS OF THE CHARGING SYSTEM, ALTERNATOR NOT CHARGING, CAUSED AN EVENTUAL COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF POWER AND SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINE LEAVING ME ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR, BUT FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THIS OCCURRED AT ONLY A 65,000 MILE ODOMETER READING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW 335I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND THE SIX INJECTORS MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO GET THE PART FROM THE AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE SERVICE ENGINE SENSOR ILLUMINATED. WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE A NOISE, SPUTTERED, AND DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THREE OF THE SIX HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDERS THAT MALFUNCTIONED. AT SOME POINT, THE OTHER THREE CYLINDERS MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,138.

THE ENGINE IS IDLING VERY ROUGHLY AT A FULL STOP WHETHER ITS A TRAFFIC LIGHT, OR JUST STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE RPMS WILL SPIKE TO 750-800 RPMS AND DROP BELOW 5-400 RPMS RANDOMLY CAUSING THE ENTIRE CAR TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND STALL AT TIMES.THE INCIDENT SEEMS COMMON WITH MY MODEL CAR THOUGH ONLINE FORUMS AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR AND THE 328 WITH N54 ENGINE. MY MAIN ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS NO MALFUNCTION CODE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY; SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, SOMETIMES AT RUNNING TEMP, SOMETIME WITH AC ON, SOMETIMES WITH AC OFF. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A SPECIFIC VARIABLE CAUSING THE ISSUE, BUT IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE NON THE LESS, THEREFORE BMW DEALERSHIP CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT A FIX FOR MY PROBLEM AND CONTINUOUSLY TURN ME AWAY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THIS ISSUE HAS BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN OF MINE AND I DON'T WANT IT TO GET WORSE AND CAUSING AN SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER OR AN ACCIDENT. I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2007-2011 3-SERIES FOR LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER/STALLING, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ITS THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE FOR MY CAR OR DIFFERENT. *TR

CAR HAD FUEL PUMP INITIALLY REPLACED WHEN CAR STILL UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. BMW NA WILL TRY TO AVOID THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. NOTE INJECTORS FOR THE N54 ENGINE ARE ALSO ON A WORLD WIDE RECALL. NOW THE INJECTION PUMP FROM A RECALL IS BEING CALLED EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS OR 120,000. MILES WELL IT HAPPENED, GOT HIT BY A CAR FROM REAR WHEN MY 335I STALLED!!!!!! I WAS EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STARTS, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE STALLING REPEATEDLY FOR 3 ATTEMPTS THEN IT WILL CLEAR OUT. NOW WHEN LIGHT LOAD IS APPLIED THE ENGINE LIGHT WITH THE ENGINE HALF GRADED OUT APPEARS (REDUCED POWER), ENGINE RUNNING VIOLENTLY ROUGH CODES COMES UP ARE P142E & P3090. THEY WANTED ME TO REPLACE MY INJECTORS FIRST BECAUSE THEY SAID I HAVE "OLD INJECTORS" NOTE WHEN HPFP WAS REPLACED THEY REPLACED THE RECALLED INJECTORS BUT THEY CHANGED ONLY 4 ! EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT'S A 6 CYLINDER I WANTED TO TELL BMW THAT WHEN THEY BUILT THE ENGINE THEY INSTALLED ALL 6 NEW INJECTORS. THEIR REPLY WAS IT ONLY NEEDED 4 AT THAT TIME, WELL WHAT A OUT NOW YOUR TELLING ME I NEED TO REPLACE ALL 6 BECAUSE THEIR OLD INJECTORS SO THE REPLACEMENT DONE WAS TO MASK THE PROBLEM!!! TO THIS DATE THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT ENGINE PLATE FORM N54 - N55 EPIC FAILURE. SOME SAY ITS ALSO REPLACEMENT OF JUST A FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR. I'M CHANGING MINE ON MONDAY BOUGHT IT ONLINE FROM A BMW DEALER INSTALLATION IS 2-2.5 HOURS BASIC TOOLS NEEDED AND CARE. *TR

MY CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION, MINT...I AM A CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINER. I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP FROM BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON TO RICHMOND, BC. WHILE DRIVING IN RICHMOND, BC NEAR THE AUTO WEST BMW DEALERSHIP, MY DRIVER'S SEAT BEGAN GOING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS AS I DROVE. SOMETIMES THE AUTOMATIC BUTTON WOULD WORK AND THE SEAT WOULD STOP. A MINUTE OR TWO GOES BY AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT GOES CRAZY AND PINS ME AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND PINS MY KNEES AGAINST THE DASHBOARD. I AM BARELY ABLE TO STEER AND LIFT MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS AND APPLY THE BRAKES. DUE TO MY TRAINING, I DID NOT PANIC...I PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT, AND DID ALL I CAN TO SQUEEZE MYSELF OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE SEAT BUTTON WAS NON RESPONSIVE, SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. I WAS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED BMW NORTH AMERICA AND THEY REGISTERED MY COMPLAINT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE SEAT BACK, AND DROVE IT TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP IN RICHMOND, AS I PULLED INTO THEIR PARKING LOT, AND SEAT REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN. WAY TO CRAZY...THEY DISABLE THE MOTOR CONTROL UNIT FOR THE SEAT. I AM GETTING IT SERVICED NEXT WEEK AT THE BELLEVUE WASHINGTON BMW DEALERSHIP. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WILL COVER IT...700 BUCKS... *TR

THESE VEHICLES SEEM TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE OF THE ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP. WHEN THE COOLANT PUMP FAILS, IT CREATES A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION AS THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE FOR THE COOLANT, YOU JUST GET A YELLOW WARNING LIGHT THAT INDICATES THE CAR IS OVERHEATING AND A WARNING TO DRIVE MODERATELY. UNFORTUNATELY THE SOFTWARE WAITS UNTIL THE CAR IS SO HOT TO GIVE YOU A WARNING THAT LITERALLY SECONDS LATER THE WARNING WILL TURN RED AND TELL YOU TO PULL OVER AT WHICH TIME IT WILL REDUCE ALL ENGINE POWER. WHEN THIS OCCURRED I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE FAST LANE DOING 70-75 MPH, THE WARNING POPPED UP AND BY THE TIME I READ IT ON THE SCREEN, IT HAD TURNED RED AND BASICALLY FELT LIKE I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL IN TRAFFIC. I HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER AT ALL, CAR WAS BASICALLY COASTING AND COULD NOT EVEN MAINTAIN SPEED ENOUGH TO PULL OVER, QUITE DANGEROUS WITH CARS SWERVING AND HONKING. IT IS RIDICULOUS HOW EARLY THE PUMP FAILED BUT EVEN WORSE HOW DANGEROUS THE SITUATION IS THAT IT CREATES WHEN IT HAPPENS.