2009 BMW 535I

MY 2009 BMW 535I X DRIVE CONTINUES TO HAVE STALLING ISSUES. I'M TIRED OF TAKING IT IN TO BMW TO HAVE THEM CHARGE ME AND SAY NOTHING IS WRONG JUST TO HAVE MY CAR CONSTANTLY SHUTTING DOWN OVER AND OVER. MY CAR HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN REBUILT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT RESOLVED. MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, FUEL PUMP, BATTERY, HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE SENORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. I'VE HAD MY OIL CHANGED AND FUEL LINE FLUSHED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. I TRULY ENJOY THE VEHICLE WHEN ITS WORKING BUT I'M JUST AT THE POINT OF TRADING IT IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE OTHER THEN BMW.

WHILE DRIVING FROM WORK ON A BUSY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE COMPUTER SCREEN STATES "ENGINE MALFUNCTION! REDUCING POWER" "HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION" LESS THAN A MINUTE THE ENGINE STALLED. LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE BRIDGE FOR HOURS, TRY TO START THE CAR BUT IT WON'T START. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW REVISION BUT STILL DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 75MPH WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER, SHUT OFF AND LEFT ME WITHOUT POWER AND STRANDED DUE TO A FUEL PUMP. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I'VE FOUND THAT BMW AND SPECIFICALLY THE "N54" MOTOR THAT I HAVE A SEVERE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT REASON. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PUT IN PLACE FOR CERTAIN PARTS HOWEVER NOT ALL THE PARTS THAT CAUSE THIS TYPE OF A FAILURE. I'VE TRIED WORKING PROFESSIONALLY WITH BMW OF USA BUT BECAUSE I WASN'T INVOLVED IN A CRASH FROM SAID FAILURE THEY JUST REFUSE TO HELP. I DO NOT THINK ANY CAR WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT SHOULD BY ANY MEANS HAVE THIS SEVERE OF A BREAK DOWN POTENTIALLY CAUSING A RATHER FATAL OUTCOME. LUCKILY I AM AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER AND CAN HANDLE A CAR WITH LOST POWER AND NOT COLLIDE INTO A WALL WHICH I NEARLY DID. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH BMW USA AS IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A HIGH END TURBO VEHICLE TO HAVE COMPLETE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BMW FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET HAVE SHOWN ME THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SADLY THEY MAY NOT KNOW NHTSA EXISTS TO FILE A COMPLAINT. I SINCERELY HOPE YOUR GROUP CAN HELP US HELPLESS CONSUMERS OF BMW PRODUCTS GAIN A SAFER DRIVING EXPERIENCE. BMW RECALLING ONE FUEL PUMP AND NOT THE OTHER, OR EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON TURBOS YET NOT THE SUBSEQUENT PARTS THAT THEY OPERATE AND IT CAUSING THIS TYPE OF A BREAK DOWN IS TRULY TRULY SCARY AS WELL AS UNACCEPTABLE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

FUEL PUMP!, NEAR THE GAS TANK. I CAN'T GO VERY FAR IN MY CAR WITHOUT IT CUTTING OFF. I HAVE HAD IT DIAGNOSED BY BMW. I HAVE BEEN TOWED OFF THE HIGHWAY ( GRAND CENTRAL EXIT 19) WHILE BEING STUCK IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION ON 10/13/16. I HEAR 3 CONSECUTIVE BEEPS THEN WITHIN 5 MINUTES OR LESS THE CAR SHUTS DOWN AND THE SYSTEM SHOWS FUEL PUMP!. I HAVE HAD THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP REPLACE BY BMW, HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE PROBLEM. I AM NOT ENJOYING MY CAR. THE RECALL ANNOUNCED ON 10/28/2016, SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE 2009 BMW 5 SERIES. I LOVE THE BMW CARS, HOWEVER IT HAS BECOME THE ULTIMATE DRIVING NIGHTMARE. PLEASE INCLUDE THE 2009 SERIES IN THE RECALL. *TR

THE CAR ENGINE *COMPLETELY* SHUTDOWN WHILE BEING DRIVEN, *WITHOUT* ANY WARNING; HAD JUST EXITED MAJOR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY (I-95), AND WAS STILL ON EXIT RAMP WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS STILL IN MOTION, THE DRIVER, LUCKILY, WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE RAMP WITHOUT ANY OTHER DAMAGE. DIAGNOSIS BY NEAREST BMW DEALER SERVICE INDICATED A SIMULTANEOUS SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE EKPS (CONTROLLER?) MODULE, A FAULT IN THE MAIN (LOW PRESSURE) FUEL PUMP AND ANOTHER SHORT CIRCUIT IN FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR. ALL THIS HAPPENED, SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITHOUT WARNING, IN A VERY WELL MAINTAINED, DEALER-SERVICED, LOW MILEAGE (42000 MILES) BMW 535I (YR 2009) VEHICLE. THE FACT THAT THE ENGINE *COMPLETELY* SHUTDOWN, ON AN EXIT RAMP OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY, AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED CREATED A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION FOR THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD WAS WELL. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY ITSELF, AND NOT ON THE EXIT RAMP, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. CAR ENGINES OF THIS SORT OUGHT TO HAVE *SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REDUNDANCY* BUILT INTO THEM SO THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION DUE TO A "SENSOR" SHORT CIRCUIT. THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRONICS BEING USED IN MODERN CARS HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY, BUT I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER MAY NOT HAVE BUILT ENOUGH SAFEGUARDS / REDUNDANCIES IN THEIR SYSTEMS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THIS WAS A MAJOR MALFUNCTION IN A MOVING VEHICLE (AND THIS COULD HAVE EASILY HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS AS WELL; LUCKILY IT OCCURRED AT A SLOWER SPEED ON AN EXIT RAMP). SUCH INCIDENTS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY.

TAKATA RECALL, I BOUGHT THE CAR BACK IN LATE AUGUST, AT A DEALERSHIP CALLED DELUXE AUTO LOCATED IN LINDEN, NEW JERSEY. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED ME A WARRANTY, 30 DAYS FREE AND 90 DAYS TO DECIDE TO GET THE WARRANTY OR NOT. THE INITIAL OFFER WAS ABOUT 60$ MONTHLY, AT 79K MILES. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR A MONTH DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY LATE AT NIGHT THE CAR STARTING SHAKING AND TURNED OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. FUEL PUMP ERRORS. CAR WAS TOWED OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER A FEW HRS CAR STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, GOT WARRANTY. THE OFFER NOW WAS AT 120$ A MONTH. THEY DID THE JOB, CAR RAN NORMALLY. HAPPENED AGAIN IN BROOKLYN, SENT CAR BACK TO DEALER THEY SAID NOTHING CAME UP ON THE COMPUTER, NOTHING THEY CAN DO. AFTER A FEW MONTHS SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME IN CONNECTICUT, SENT IT TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC SHOP, BILL CAME TO 850, NOT INCLUDING TOWING 138$. NOW BACK TO MY DEALERSHIP, WHEN I WENT TO THEM TO PAY FOR THE WARRANTY, MY FATHER USED HIS CREDIT CARD, SINCE THEN I FIGURED IT WOULD CHARGE IT MONTHLY AUTOMATICALLY. THAT IS NOT THE CASE, AS I FOUND OUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID NOTHING THEY CAN DO. OTHER PROBLEM, CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL, ON OIL HOUSING UNIT, ENGINE OIL VALVE. GOT THEM BOTH FIXED AT ABOUT 500$ AT A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP. NOW A WEEK LATER, AT 1AM OF MARCH 7TH OF 2016 I'M STARTING THE CAR, IT TURNS ON AND GIVES AN ERROR "ENGINE REDUCED POWER" AND "ENGINE PRESSURE TOO LOW, SHUT OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY ". I'M ABOUT TO BE 22, GONNA START COLLEGE SOON, I HAVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS TO A 20K CAR, ON TOP OF ALL THE MAINTANCE PROBLEMS THAT THIS DEALERSHIP SOLD ME AND TRICKED ME INTO. I DONT KNOW IF ME WRITING ALL THIS WOULD HELP ME IN ANY WAY BUT THIS SUCKS, ON TOP OF ME BEING TRAPPED ON A HIGHWAY UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COMES, IN NYC, 2 TIMES WHERE CARS FLY BY YOU I WANT THAT WHEN DEALERSHIP SELL CARS TO BE SURE THAT THE CUSTOMERS ARE SAFE DRIVING THEM.I HOPE IT HELPS.

CAR STOPPED WHILE ON FREEWAY MOVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH MY VISUALLY IMPAIRED GRANDCHILD VERY SCARY. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION AND CAR JUST STOPPED. TOOK IT TO CONRAD THEY SAY IT IS THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND I NEED TO TAKE IT TO BMW UNDER RECALL BMW SAYS IT IS THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. BMW NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM I THANK GOD WE WERE NOT HIT YESTERDAY ON THE FREEWAY.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE STOPS. FIRST WARNING "ENGINE MALFUNCTION, REDUCED POWER. BUT IT HAD ALREADY STOPPED. AFTER NARROWING MISSING TRAFFIC PARKED IN BREAKDOWN LANE. NEXT WARNING FUEL PUMP FAILURE. CAR WOULD NOT RE-START FOR AN HOUR UNTIL TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. HAD TO BE TOWED TO BMW DEALER. DEALER REPORTS LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. ENGINE DIED AGAIN AT DEALERS

THE CAR SUDDENLY DISPLAYED A WARNING SAYING THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION AND GAVE A NOTICE THAT ENGINE MAY SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATELY AND TO PULL TO A SIDE. WE COMPLIED - THOUGH IT MAY HAVE BEEN PRETTY DANGEROUS IF WE WERE ON HIGHWAYS OR IN TRAFFIC. TRIED TO START AGAIN, THE SAME ISSUE. GOT IT TOED TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE TO BE THE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION PUMP AND TOLD US IT IS NOT COVERED. WE CALLED BMW AND THEY TOLD IT IS NOW COVERED AS IT HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE TELL THE DEALER AND THE DEALER TELLS US IT IS COVERED BUT ANOTHER PART EDK PF IS NOW NOT COVERED AS IT DID SHOW FAULT CODES THAT WERE EARLIER THAN THE FUEL PUMP FAULT CODES. MY ISSUE IS IF THE FUEL PUMP AND EDK WORK HAND-IN-HAND, WON'T THE TWO TO BE COVERED BY BMW? WHY IT SHOULD MATTER, WHICH DID SHOW FAULT CODES FIRST? INFACT THIS IS PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I WISH BMW RECALLS AND CHECKS ALL VEHICLES AND FIX ALL THE PARTS THAT ARE AFFECTED.