BMW 135I check engine light comes on

Filed Apr 5, 2023 · Engine · 100,000 miles · AR

The owns a 2008 BMW 135I. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. On several occasions the check engine warning light illuminated, and the vehicle went into LIMP Mode and decelerated to approximately 35 MPH. The contact performed a diagnostic test on the vehicle and determined that the fuel injectors were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Jul 12, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 40,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2013 BMW 135i. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Filed Jan 14, 2020 · Engine · 56,300 miles · HI

Vehicle hesitates when pressing the accelerator when passing vehicles or merging into traffic on the highway nearly causing collision with other vehicles. Check engine light comes on when when vehicle is accelerating 99% of the time. When vehicle is stopped vehicle will try to surge forward. Extremely dangerous vehicle. Shame on bmw for not recalling allof these models!

Filed Dec 19, 2019 · Fuel system · 65,000 miles · CA

Vehicle stalls when more than 1/8 throttle is applied, vehicle has difficulty starting. Check engine light comes on when applying small throttle inputs. The 4 previous years of this vehicle make and model, the high pressure fuel pump has had a known problem which resulted in a class action lawsuit that adjusted the warranty period for the four previous model years up to 120k miles. Bmw made slight changes to the engine for the next model years, but left the exact same part that resulted in the original lawsuit settlement. That part is the point that failed on my vehicle. Should the warranty extension they agreed to in the settlement apply to all makes and models bmw made with the same defective part? This problem caused my wife to be stranded in the middle of the freeway and had to be towed out of the lanes of traffic.

Filed Feb 5, 2019 · Fuel system · 110,000 miles · MA

I have been having misfires. First cylinder 3&5. Changed all plugs and coil packs. Ran well for a couple days. Then boom. Misfires again. Long cold start cranks. I can bring the rpms all the way up to redline as long as I don't step on the throttle more than 25%. As son as I go to put so throttle into it. It's hesitates/stutters. Then service engine soon and cel light come one. The high pressure fuel pump is the culprit. Same type of problems I had on my n54 motor. I thought bmw fixed this issue. Guess they need a recall on these as well.

Filed Jan 6, 2019 · Fuel system · 56,900 miles · CA

Two times within a year the vehicle has experienced a reduction of power and the check engine light came on. On 4-3-18 I took the vehicle to the modesto bmw dealer and was advised I needed the fuel pump replaced which I did spending $1355. Late in december the same problem occurred and I again took it to the same dealer who now advised me I needed the "high pressure fuel pump " replaced to the tune of $1750. This car has 57,000 miles. I am aware there were recalls on the same vehicles in the years preceding 2011 and wonder if the problem continued without resolution. This is a safety problem as losing power at highway speeds is dangerous.

Filed May 7, 2017 · Fuel system · 90,289 miles · FL

My high pressure fuel pump is dying ...ive had the low pressure fuel pump changed and I'm still experiencing a rough cold start and half block engine light symbol ...car has a idle problem at start come and go and now I can only fill a half tank of gas ...

Filed Aug 26, 2012 · Engine · 52,090 miles · AZ

My issue: one morning I started my car to leave for work. When idling it felt a little rough but stopped after just a minute or two. The next day it also was rough but escalated to a shaking and the check engine & the service engine soon light both came on. I took it to a european auto mechanic to have it checked out. Their code reader said there were two cylinders misfiring. What they told me is there is no way at 52k miles there are bad injectors, it must be the gas station I had used. They recommended I run a take of gas from a chevron or shell and all should be good. That is what I did. The problem persisted. I then took it to the service center at chapman bmw on camelback in phoenix. I left my car there on a friday afternoon (luckily there are courtesy vehicles), I got a call monday from my service advisor. He let me know that I have 4 bad injectors but recommends to replace all 6 because there has been an updated injector for this engine. He also informed me that there was previously a recall for the injectors in this engine that included only select cars. Mine was apparently not one of them. I was without my car for 5 days and I had to pay $2,106.10 to replace injectors on a car with only 52 thousand miles. From what I know and have heard about bmw, the injectors should not be an issue until at least the 100k mile mark. My question is, how is it ethical for a company can make a customer pay $2100 on a repair that they know is an issue? If it wasn't an issue there would not have been a recall on some cars. The fact that my car is only 2 thousand miles out of warranty adds to the frustration, clearly, mine should have been included in the recall.

Filed Aug 10, 2010 · Fuel system · 5,500 miles · NY

On august 5th 2010, when starting my car I received several long cranks. Once started it drove fine. On august 7th, (at about 1:00am) when starting the car, it cranked for about 7 seconds and finally started. It drove fine. I stopped at a store, and when leaving, it started up fine, but as I pulled out into the road, the engine light came on and the car had reduced power. The car (with only 5500 miles or so) was shaking violently when going under 10 miles an hour. The RPM's fluctuated at idle to where the car almost stalled several times. I drove the 15 or so miles home with my flashers on as the car was having trouble. The above is a description of hpfp failure on the n54 engine. I would say many, many people get a bad fuel pump. Bmw has covered the part for 10 years/120k miles, but it will fail again. There is no fix at this point. Just a new pump that eventually gives way. I know people who are on their 4th pump. Just do a google search on "bmw hpfp" and see what comes up. The 135i, 335i, 535i an z4 35i all have the n54 engine, and they all suffer from this defect. Loss of power really concerns me, what if I was doing 65mph on a highway when the pump decided to fail? I brought the car into the dealership, and explained the long cranks and loss of power etc.. And they explained bmw has to approve all fuel pump swaps. Got a call 2 days later to say they will replace the pump today, august 10th. In addition to the new pump, I will be getting a software update as well.

Filed Jul 26, 2010 · Fuel system · 15,000 miles · CA

My 2009 bmw 135i began experiencing "long cranks" when attempting to start the engine cold. While driving at freeway speeds the car began experiencing intense vibration when accelerating. Following the vibration, the car experienced lack of power and engine light was illuminated. This could result in loss of control at highway speeds and should be further investigated due to the frequency of this problem with bmw's hpfp. The dealership updated the cars software and replaced the high pressure fuel pump.