BMW 335i Complaints (2007)

288 consumer complaints on file.

#10351887August 26, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
LONG CRANKS TO START UP ENGINE AND MISFIRES UPON COLD START UP ALMOST EVERY DAY. OFTEN GETS CEL BUT DEALER DENIES WARRANTY/RECALL WORK ON HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP HEREON) BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE EXACT CODE THEY ARE SEEKING FOR. THEY CONFIRMED THE SYMPTOM BUT "UNLESS CAR BREAKS DOWN ON THE ROAD OR GET THE EXACT CODE, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE FAILED PART". BASICALLY SAYING THEY WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY RESOLVE PROBLEM UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED TO. HPFP FAILURE ON BMW N54 ENGINE PLATFORM IS ALREADY WELL KNOWN FACT HENCE BMW PUT EXTENDED WARRANTY ON HPFP. BUT IT'S NOT A RECALL AND MANY TIMES DEALER DENIES TO REPLACE ALTHOUGH THEY CONFIRM THE SYMPTOM AND POSSIBLE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILED PARTS ON VEHICLES. ALL THEY DID WAS UPDATING THE DME PROGRAM THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT LONG CRANK STILL HAPPENS EVERYDAY. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10347559August 5, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE BMW 335I HAS PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURES WHICH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY BMW N/A WITH A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART FOR 10 YEARS OR 120K MILES. MY BMW 335I HAS HAD 3 FUEL PUMP FAILURES IN 24,000 MILES, EACH TIME THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY STALLED LEAVING ME STRANDED IN VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIOS. THE MOST RECENT TIME I WAS STRANDED ON A BUSY ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER WHICH MY SAFETY WAS JEOPARDIZED BY THIS CARS DEFAULT. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT BMW N/A HAVE BEEN MADE, TO NO AVAIL. *TR
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0
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0
#10347110August 3, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HI, I PURCHASED A 2007 CERTIFIED PRE OWNED BMW 335I FROM WEATHERFORD BMW IN BERKELEY, CA JUST ONE WEEK AGO. SINCE THE PURCHASE, I HAVE HAD AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION, LOSS OF POWER LIGHT COME UP OVER 10 TIMES. IT ALWAYS COMES UP WHEN I ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT LEADS TO A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POWER, VIBRATION OF THE CAR, AND CAUSES ME TO GO SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. I AM AFRAID THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL ON ME AND THAT SUDDENLY DROPPING THE SPEED WILL RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS PARTICULARLY RIDICULOUS THAT THIS WAS LABELED A "CERTIFIED" CAR WHEN IT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS THE VERY NEXT DAY. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED AND THEY CLAIM THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PRIOR TO TAKING IT IN, I NOTICED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN ON SEEMED TO "RESET" IT AND MAKE THE LIGHT GO AWAY. STILL NO PEACE OF MIND WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM AWAITING REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET HAS LEFT ME PESSIMISTIC THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10345630July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FAILED HPFP FOR THE 3RD TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR
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No
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No
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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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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10345631July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HPFP FAILED FOR THE 2ND TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR
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No
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No
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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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No
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No
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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No
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No
Injuries:
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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No
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No
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
Crash:
No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345028July 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILING ON BMW 335I. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10344941July 23, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2007 BMW 335I -HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE- CAR IS ON ITS FOURTH PUMP (ORIGINAL PLUS THREE REPLACEMENTS) IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS AND 30,000 MILES. FIRST FAILURE AFTER 8 MONTHS AND 7,300 MILES. FIRST FAILURE WAS ON HIGHWAY 66 BETWEEN ARLINGTON AND MCLEAN VIRGINIA AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAS SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AT 25 MONTHS AND 20,900 MILES AND AGAIN AT 35 MONTHS AND 29,200 MILES. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10334712June 5, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DRIVING HOME MY 2007 BMW 335 ALL OF SUDDEN LOST HORSE POWER. ERROR MESSAGE STATED "ENGINE MALFUNCTION-REDUCED POWER". THIS OCCURRED ON AN ENTRY TO AN EXPRESSWAY WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT OBVIOUS THE DANGERS THAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PULL OVER AND LIMP TO NEXT EXIT. THE DEALER SHIP STATED THE PROBLEM WAS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) THE IS THE 2ND TIME THE HPFP HAS BEEN REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 38K MILES. I DID FURTHER RESEARCH AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. BMW NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE ANYONE GETS INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10331995May 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2007 335I FUEL PUMP IS FAILING ON THE ROAD. MY MESSAGE SAYS "ENGINE MALFUNCTION REDUCED POWER" ON THE ROAD. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10331302May 19, 2010
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
ON SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 2010, THE DOOR ACTUATORS OF MY 2007 BMW 335I BLEW OUT A FUSE. AS A RESULT, NONE OF THE DOORS WERE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED, EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE CAR'S KEY FOB COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DASH WOULD NOT WORK. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN ANY OF THE DOORS MANUALLY. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY A PASSENGER COULD HAVE EXITED THE CAR, EXCEPT BY CLIMBING THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OR BY CLIMBING OUT THE WINDOWS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND PRESENTS PARTICULAR DANGERS TO DISABLED PASSENGERS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED FOR 2007 3-SERIES VEHICLES ON THE WEB. SEE HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/BMW/335I/LATCH,+LOCK+AND+LINKAGE AND HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/BMW/328I/LATCH,+LOCK+AND+LINKAGE. THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3V04L-ISYCS. I UNDERSTAND THAT BMW HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR DEALERS REGARDING THE PROBLEM. DEALERS FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY BY CHANGING THE FUSE. STAFF AT BMW SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR (CERTIFIED USED) SIX WEEKS AGO, TOLD ME TODAY (MAY 19, 2010) THAT EVEN WITH A NEW FUSE, THE PROBLEM COULD RECUR. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT BMW HAS WILLFULLY REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FUSE BOX IS LOCATED IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT INSIDE THE CAR. WERE THE DOOR ACTUATORS TO CAUSE A FIRE AND THE PASSENGER DOORS INCAPABLE OF BEING OPENED, PASSENGERS COULD VERY WELL SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH. THE 335I MANUAL INDICATES THAT MEDDLING WITH THE CAR'S FUSE BOX COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10328213April 30, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN 2007 BMW E90 (SEDAN) 335I. DRIVABILITY ISSUES DUE TO VERY ROUGH ENGINE IDLE AND TROUBLE GETTING CAR RESTARTED. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323689April 4, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FIRST TIME ABOUT FOUR MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND LOST ABOUT 50% POWER. NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO BMW DEALER AND THE CIL WAS GONE. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. TODAY WHEN I DROVE ON HIGHT WAY AT ABOUT 65 M/H, CIL ON AGAIN AND THE CAR LOSS POWER, I THINK THERE IS A SAFTY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323074March 31, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON HIGHWAY. THE CAR DID NOT STOP OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT READING ARTICLES ABOUT OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEMS WHERE CAR STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SCARES ME TO DEATH.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10319044March 11, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
PURCHASED A USED 2007 BMW 335I. WITHIN 2 WEEKS CAR WOULD SHAKE AND WOULD LOSE POWER AT HIGHER RPM. ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, BUT NOT BE PRESENT ON RESTART. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. DEALER BLAMED IT ON FUEL QUALITY HOWEVER I FOLLOWED MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDED OCTANE RATINGS. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MASSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP ON THIS MODEL TURBO ENGINE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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