BMW 335i Complaints

831 consumer complaints on file.

#10346430July 30, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH, THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR CAME ON. POWER WAS SUDDENLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 35MPH. THIS WARRANTED AN IMMEDIATE MOVE TO THE SLOW LANE OF TRAFFIC AND HAD TO GO SEVERAL MILES UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO ATTEMPT A RESTART. RESTART DID NOT HELP, HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR AT 35 MPH TO NEAREST DEALER FOR SERVICE. *TR
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0
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#10346041July 29, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE MALFUNCTION. LOSS OF POWER. *TR
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0
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#10345971July 28, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER AND CAR DISPLAYED AN ENGINE FAILURE LIGHT. *TR
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#10345630July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FAILED HPFP FOR THE 3RD TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR
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0
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#10345633July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAILED WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 BMW 335I. CAR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE IN THE FAST LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE REAR END COLLISIONS! *TR
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#10345631July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HPFP FAILED FOR THE 2ND TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR
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#10345678July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WITH RESULTING LOSS OF POWER AND DRIVABLE. FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ONCE SO FAR AT 10 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND APPROXIMATELY 9000 MILES. INITIAL REPAIR WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THIS REPAIR WAS OF NO BENEFIT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THE HPFP WAS REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED HPFP. *TR
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10345702July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
OWNER OF A 2007 BMW 335I COUPE. NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH ROUGH IDLES AND LONG CRANKS AT START-UP. AS TIME WENT BY, THE LONG CRANKS AND ROUGH IDLES BECAME MORE FREQUENT. WHILE DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY VIA FREEWAY ON RAMP, FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE I WAS MERGING AND ENGINE WAS CUT TO HALF POWER "LIMP-MODE." CAR HAD SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI THAT WAS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10345597July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL PUMP ON MY 2009 BMW 335I HAS FAILED AND I BELIEVE IT'S STARTING TO FAIL AGAIN BUT EVERYTIME I TAKE IT IN THEY SAY IT'S FINE AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT ACTUALLY FAILS. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF IT FAILS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 70MPH THEN I'M GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT. THE PUMP HAS ALREADY FAILED ONCE. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345612July 27, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2008 BMW 335I INFAMOUS FAILING HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP). SYMPTOMS OF A FAILING PUMP ARE LONG CRANKS UPON START UP AND IF IT FAILS DURING DRIVING, IT CAN LEAVE YOU STRANDED. MY HPFP FAILED ONLY ONCE AROUND 22,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED PROMPTLY BY BMW. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345239July 26, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO SHUTTER. MY BMW STARTED TO SLOW DESPITE ME DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NOT A GOOD SPOT TO STOP. BMW ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT ONCE BY UPDATING THE CAR'S SOFTWARE. HOWEVER, THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP. IT TOOK TWO SERVICE SESSIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10345119July 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY 2008 BMW 335 JUST STOPPED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE IT WAS CLIMBING UP THE HILL AT 35 MPH. THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10345132July 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HAD A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAILURE WHILE DRIVING WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE (REDUCED ENGINE POWER) WHILE DRIVING. THIS LIMP MODE IS POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY, MERGING, PASSING, OR AROUND TOWN DRIVING AND YOU GET THIS LIMP MODE YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT RESPONDING AS YOU, OR OTHER DRIVERS, WOULD EXPECT. SYMPTOMS OF THIS ISSUE ARE LONG STARTING CRANK PERIODS BEFORE THE VEHICLE TURNS OVER. BMW HAS KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS YET HAVE NOT SPENT THE APPROPRIATE EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD TWO HPFP FAILURES IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS (MAY 2009 AND FEB 2010). *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345130July 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
LOST ENGINE POWER DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING FUEL PUMP. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN 1/2008 - IN 4/2008 AND 5/2010. BOTH TIMES THE DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP AT NO COST. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345177July 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY WIFE WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED, LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO SHOULDER. TURNS OUT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM UNTIL I READ THIS ARTICLE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
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No
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No
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0
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#10345195July 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. FAILURE STARTS OFF WITH LONG STARTS, FOLLOWED BY ROUGH IDLE FOLLOWED BY REDUCED POWER AND FAILED PUMP. HAD 4 PUMPS REPLACED. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345009July 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
PROBLEM WITH LOST ENGINE POWER IN MY 2007 MODEL BMW 335I CONVERTIBLE CAR FIVE TIMES IN 2009. ONE INSTANCE INVOLVED A FUEL LINE SEPARATION ON AN EXPRESSWAY OUTSIDE CHICAGO. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO BMW DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED. POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES WERE REPLACED. BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. FINALLY, THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL INJECTION PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE WARRANTY ON IT WAS EXTENDED TO 100,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE RESOLVED. *TR
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#10345013July 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
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
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Deaths:
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#10345016July 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CAR SUDDENLY LOSS ANY POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR WAS SHAKING AND UNABLE TO GAIN SPEED. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345026July 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I OWN A 2009 BMW 335. IT WAS PURCHASED IN EARLY 2009. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE OF THE PART, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF TROUBLE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER. CONCURRENT WITH THAT POWER LOSS, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT APPEARED ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ADDITIONALLY, AN ICON (IT LOOKED LIKE A TRANSMISSION) LIT UP AS WELL. WHEN THE POWER LOSS FIRST OCCURRED, I WAS IN THE FAST LANE ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO WORK EXTREMELY QUICK TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE WOULD HIT ME FROM BEHIND (AS MY CAR SLOWED DOWN). I EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I EVENTUALLY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALERSHIP. TURNS OUT THAT MY HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. I DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. SINCE THEN, I HAVE PUT 5500 MILES ON THE CAR. MY FUEL PUMP IS STILL WORKING PROPERLY. *TR
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Deaths:
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