2008 BMW 3 Series: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 29, 2018 · Engine · 107,000 miles · SC

About a month ago, my 2008 bmw 3 series engine stalled while driving at speed 45 MPH. I received no warning before the engine stalled. It was a miracle that I was able to move over a lane and get off the road before an impact from other vehicles. This occurs every time I drive the vehicle, multiple times and at various speeds. It's very dangerous because I receive no warning before it happens. The vehicle is always in motion when it happens and at various speeds, on highways, streets, anywhere while driving straight, turning and any other maneuvers.

Filed Aug 2, 2016 · Electrical · 160,000 miles · TX

My car abruptly losses all power. It's lost power on the freeway (3 times), at stop lights (too many to count) and after the car sits; either at work, over night or even if I'm out running errands. In other words, the power failure cannot be duplicated, it happens randomly (my car is unable to start as I type this!!). Needless to say my life as well as my families safety have been put to the test several times. On 2 separate occasions, I was nearly rear-ended on the freeway when my car lost power at highway speeds. I couldn't move over to the shoulder and ended up stalling in the slow lane. After spending a small fortune trying to fix this dilemma a friend sent me this letter that the federal safety agency sent to bmw in 2013 regrading a power failure that many cars were experiencing at the time. Here's the letter: http://www-odi.the federal safety agency.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/ucm433921/rcak-13v044-6848.pdf I've also drafted bmw this letter I sent them yesterday: (in part) to whom it may concern, I am writing to voice grave concern regarding my m3, which has: 1). Lost power several times while traveling on the freeway at highway speeds and has almost caused a crash on 2 separate occasions (near rear end collision) 2). Lost power at stop lights and several times as I started to accelerate 3). Consistent failure to start the car (no power) or it tries to start and immediately turns off after a brief second in addition to the imminent danger to my family and others, this has cost me thousands of dollars the included link below shows a document which was sent by the federal safety agency to bmw na in 2013. I was happy to realize that bmw acknowledged the problem for the e92 3 series (my car shares the exact same part number for the mentioned faulty part), but I was equally shocked to find out that my specific vehicle was not covered under the recall which is what my car is experiencing.

Filed Jan 23, 2011 · Engine · NC

2008 bmw 328i stalls while driving. Once stalled under power as I was making a left turn across traffic - dealer said no code was thrown so they were unable to address. The other stalls have not during slowdown period, not as critical but they come with no warning whatsoever which is dangerous! No accident from it yet but I no longer feel safe driving this car. First occurrence in 2010, two more recently dec 2010 & jan 2011.

Filed Apr 2, 2009 · Transmission · 3,200 miles · NY

The 08 bmw m3 with the dct transmission stalls in 2nd gear when going around turns causing near collisions. Bmw has not fixed this problem as of yet.

Filed Sep 14, 2008 · Engine, Fuel system · 15,500 miles · CA

I took the vehicle for the following symptoms: 1.) long(er) crank 2.) engine malfunction, reduced power 3.) service engine soon 4.) heavy, erratic shaking and shuddering 5.) engine sounded like a union pacific train with loud pumping sound 6.) because of 4 + 5, decide to turn-off the engine or sometimes it just stalls before 7.) after reset, the car becomes drivable but symptoms will reoccur. 8.) able to recreate problem when I mash the gas after doing some research on an auto forum, I suspected that the caused of the problem was a failing high pressure fuel pump. The dealership kept the car for 3 days to run some tests and concluded that the fuel pump was the problem. Since they replace the part, the car has not broken down again. However, they introduce another problems. 1) the car's exhaust noise is much louder now 2) the car is less fuel efficient, lower miles per gallon 3) the car now has a turbo lag which was previously non-existent. This means bmw is falsely advertising the 335i twin-turbo has zero lag. This was true before they updated the car's software but is not longer true at this moment in time.