2003 BMW 325I: jerking or lurching

Filed Aug 23, 2004 · Electrical · IL

Bmw 325i purchased new in april 2003. After a couple of weeks I started to experience problems. My car would jerk very hard when approaching to a stop. My car started to stall out while driving or sometimes it did not even start. In june 2003 a little over a month after I initially purchase it, I took it to the dealer. They could not duplicate the same problem and it did not register any faults in the computer. A month later took it back for the same problem and they could not duplicate problem. Another month passd took it back for the same problem and this time they were able to find out what caused the jerking problem. Bmw tech said that they needed to upgrade the computer software which they did and the jerking stopped. But the most important problem that has not been fixed is my car stalling. Since purchased date my car has been in the shop several times now and my car continues to die out on me. Sometimes the car would not even start, I had to tow it back to the dealer once. Summarize current problems: randomly does not want to start and sometimes my doors does not unlock when using the key remote.

Filed Jun 23, 2004 · Transmission · AZ

Vehicle's transmission is not engaging when starting from a stationary position. *mr the engine would rev up to 3-4000, but the vehicle would creep, lurch forward and speed up normally. This would usually occur when the vehicle sat overnight. The problem also occurred when backing up. *sc

Filed Jul 22, 2003 · Transmission · 13,000 miles · CA

Automatic transmission on 2003 325i jerks when downshifts while braking. A laud thud can be heard on lower speeds.

Filed Jul 3, 2003 · Brakes, Engine · 1,600 miles · CA

1. Transmission: after transmission repair, constant hard downshifting of automatic transmission when coming to a stop in d and s d modes. Vehicle jerks forward when decelerating between speeds of 42 to 35 MPH (usually when driven before with speeds in excess of 50 miles an hour). Also, after transmission repair, constant loud thumping noise when coming to a stop 2. Engine:intermittent loud engine revving and immediate torque loss occurring when taking off from a stop.intermittent delayed engine start of up to 3 seconds after turning key in ignition .intermittent prm idle fluctuation resulting in vehicle shuddering 3. Brakes:loud break squeaking when coming to a stop 4. Fuel tank / fuel pump:after defective fuel tank/pump replacement, recurrence of loud whining noise ( confirmed with bmw of north america) 5. Cd player: intermittent built-in business cd player skipping 6.steering wheel: steering wheel creaking when turning.

Filed Jun 26, 2003 · Electrical · 1,143 miles · NY

The computer first failed on my 2003 bmw 325i on june 15, 2003, (three weeks after I picked it up from the dealership, bmw of manhattan), causing me to lose acceleration without warning. I was travelling at 60-65 miles per hour in the far left lane of the garden state parkway. I was barely able to manuever the car to the shoulder of the road and I was lucky that there happened to be a very small shoulder on the left side of the road, as I would have never been able to make it to the shoulder on the right hand side of the road and traffic was very heavy. This sudden loss of acceleration could have easily caused a fatal accident; particularly, because the cars behind me had no way to detect that my car was only coasting. The nj state troopers had to shut down northbound traffic in all 4 lanes of the garden state parkway in order to remove my car from the parkway. The car was towed to the dealership.the dealership was unable to successfully reprogram the computer, so they sent it to montvale, nj to be reprogrammed. The dealership returned the car to me on june 20, 2003. On june 25, 2003, the computer failed again, causing the car to lose acceleration without warning. This time, I was exiting a parking garage and another car nearly slammed into me on the exit ramp. When I restarted the car, I was able to reach the top of the ramp and pull to the side of the road, (not an easy task during rush hour in midtown manhattan!), but the car lurched repeatedly and was unable to go more than 5 MPH. The car was towed to the dealership.bmw of manhattan has been unresponsive to my telephone calls. The car clearly has a very serious defect, which could easily cause fatalities.

Filed Feb 26, 2003 · Transmission · 11 miles · FL

The vehicle down shifted very hard when the brakes were applied, the vehicle jerked and jumped forward when decelerating.