Battery sparks third. Time replacing, something clicks in the fuse box now the car won't. Start.
2007 BMW 328I engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328 I. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the service engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to two different independent mechanics who were not able to duplicate the problem. The third time the failure occurred, the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated the failure was due to a defective eccentric shaft sensor which needed to be replaced. The contact was made aware of a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number 13v044000 (electrical system), however, her VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 106,745. The VIN was not available.
The engine stalled at a low speed coming to a stop. This is the second time this has happened over the past week.
Owner of 2007 bmw 328i, start my car in the morning, but the car won't start it, it no sound when I try to start the car. But the window, locks and radio are all working well. Try to jump the battery, it nothing wrong with the battery. Need tow my car to the dealership, over one days already, still waiting the reply from the dealer.
At 65 MPH on freeway, suddenly lost power. Vehicle immediately slowed to about 10 MPH as I pulled off the freeway. Cars behind nearly ran me over. Drove slowly to bmw service who diagnosed "water pump short to ground" causing veh to lose power.
I have had numerous problems with over heating. Every time I have taken it to the dealer for this problem they have found multiple leaks and the manifold cracked (not diagnosed in one visit these were found after multiple visits). It still does it and now they claim they cannot find anything. They want proof that this is actually happening so I am going to film it when it happens to me again. The incident that happened on 12/31/13, I was driving on a road to get to a resort, this road was not elevated in anyway it was level. It happens every month or so.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 74,000.
On august 31st, I was driving on the freeway in the number 2 lane at 70 MPH when the temperature overheat light came on and I experienced an immediate loss of power and was forced to navigate the vehicle across several busy lanes to the shoulder. I allowed the vehicle to cool down, added some water and I attempted to drive the vehicle to the closest dealer 5 miles away. Upon entering the freeway again the vehicle immediately experienced the same symptoms and I was forced to tow the vehicle to the local dealership. I was told on september 3rd, the electric water pump had failed. The bmw dealership quoted $1332.00 to repair. Upon further research it is apparent that this is a common issue with the bmw's right after the vehicle falls outside of warranty. This loss of power is a serious safety issue as this incident occurred without warning and at high speed with heavy traffic. Due to the nature of this loss of power and the common occurrence I would recommend a recall or an extended warranty to be issued for this known problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that while driving 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to two different dealers for diagnosis but no cause for failure was found. The manufacturer was notified was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 65,000.
I was going about 50 to 55 mpa when my temp light came on, within a few seconds my car lost speed rapidly and completely quit locking everything up on a busy highway. I bought the car as a certified pre-owned with 100,000 mile warrenty.when I called century bmw dealer in huntsville, al where I purchased it I was told my warranty went out two months ago on 5/15 according to date of shipment, a few day's before I had received a notice that my factory warning may be expiring based on time and miles it stated that available coverage expires on 8/23/2013 which was 21 day's after date of failure. I was told that was time I had to buy another extended warranty, that is not what the statement said.when towed to shop it was the water pump and thermostat at a cost of $1,212.11 plus towing charge that I do not have a bill on yet which should have also been covered. I am just lucky that no one behind me slammed into the rearend of car of luckily not turning in oncoming traffic since there was no warning except seconds before it stopped cold. I had took the car in before because I smelled anti-freeze and was told there was no problem, and have at times since then smelled anti-freeze but since I had it checked out just thought maybe it was something about that model. I have since found out this was a common problem with this model, so why was their no recall stating the danger of this happening. And why are they not honoring their warranty.
Car has horrible lifter ticking noise. Started around 58k miles, now up to 61k. Bmw knows about this issue and have even went as far as issuing a new (revision in 2009) service bulletin and redesigning the head and lifters. They don't want to issue a recall notice for their own design flaw because of the cost associated with replacing these parts. I change the oil every 3k miles and have been noticing ferrous metal flakes in the filter caused by the lifters being starved of oil due to the oil ports in the head being too small to allow adequate oil flow to them. One would expect a bmw to last a little bit longer than 60k miles before any issues like this arise.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but the dealer was not able to diagnose the failure. The failure recurred numerous times over the course of three years. The vehicle was repeatedly taken to dealers for diagnostics and during that time, the battery, fuel pump, air flow sensor, two cam sensors, crank sensor, ecu and harnesses were all replaced. The failure recurred. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 33,000 and the current mileage was 65,000.
I'm a retired u.s. Naval officer who currently works in fort detrick, maryland. I was on my way to work when all of a sudden the engine stalled without warning at about 45 MPH on a busy rush hour freeway in I-270 north. Immediately I turned on the emergency lights and made every effort to make it to the left shoulder with a stalled (dead) engine. The car behind me immediately noticed the problem and slowed down, as well as the other cars behind him. My car came to a complete stop with half of the body still in the freeway. I was shaking due to safety concerns, but when I shifted the gear to "park" and pushed the "start" button, immediately the car started with no problem at all. On a separate occasion about four months ago, my son was driving the car on a one-lane road at about 30 MPH. Without warning the engine stalled again and there wasn't any shoulder he can safely turn to because of a concrete pavement. The cars behind stopped to help him move to the side as much as possible, but when he shifted to "park" and pushed "start", the car immediately started without anything wrong with it. I am filing this complaint due to the recent recall you have identified for bmw 3-series 2007 coupe. Bmw will not fix my problem even though it is very identical to the federal safety agency's identified recall, due to the reason that my car was manufactured on november 6, 2006 and did not meet the recall requirement of march 2007 through july 2011. They want me to pay for the expensive repair. I am asking for your help in extending the dates to cover my car (it was on it's very early stage of production). My car has not been modified at all and is still all original specification. I'm not sure when the next occurence may happen. If it involves a fast freeway commute, there is a very big possibility that our lives could be in danger. I need your help for our safety and will not buy bmw anymore.
The vehicle engine shut-offs in motion. The first occurrence, the vehicle was going 15mph & the engine failed while turning into a block (residential area), after idling rough and high pitch noise coming from the engine. The 2nd occurrence, the engine failed after exiting the freeway. That time, the vehicle was stopped on a hill when the failure occurred. The 3rd time, the vehicle was at a stop when the engine failed. Once the failure occurred, the vehicle was place in park mode & re-started. The engine started again & the vehicle was driven home. Note: since january 2012, the vehicle has been to the bmw service department several times for idling rough and high pitch noise from engine complaints. The issue now has progress to engine failure in motion.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled. After a few minutes, the vehicle started and operated as designed. The contact also stated that the failure occurred once before. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was informed no cause for failure could be found. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage 54,000.
I tried starting my car and it would not start. Figured it was a dead battery so I bought a new one and had it replaced. The car worked fine for about 3 days then had the same problem as before. I contacted the dealer, had to have the car towed to them, and was told that it was the connections from the battery to the engine that were loose and causing the car to not start. I picked up my car the next day after paying $120 to have the problem (wiggling some wires) fixed. 2 days later...same problem. It has been sitting now for over 2 weeks because I haven't had time to keep getting it to and from the dealership. After reading all of these other reported problems I am now terrified to drive it ever again.
Vehicle will not start, replaced battery and icon displaying electric steering lock (elv) shows in the dashboard. Vehicle will not start as steering wheel is locked and can not be released dealer says the steering wheel column needs to be replaced. This is an extremely common problem with these cars, dealer said the see about 3 cars a week with this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall sporadically. The coolant warning light would illuminate after the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer but was informed that there were no failures found within the vehicle. The dealer and manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 70,000.
2007 328i -- I was driving thru my neigborhood in nyc and the car suddenly shut down completely; no power, no brakes, absolutely nothing at all.. And the thing is no warnings ever showed up.. I hope everyone who's had problems like this reports them to bwm because this is unacceptable and extremely dangerous. I'm lucky I was driving locally and there weren't any cars around because it was the scariest thing I've ever experienced driving a car. Hope bmw steps up before something catastrophic happens, like toyota had them.
Oil leaking from head gasket. The aluminum bolts used in the engine warped causing leak. Had to replace head gasket and all headbolts.
I was left stranded in a parking lot with the steering wheel lock light showing. I was not able to start the car at all and I was upset because I could not move the car and had to be towed to the closest place which was an extreme burden on me financially.
I purchased a 2007 bmw 328i on 8/6/2011, 59,642 miles. Shortly after this purchase, I experienced this vehicle overheating and losing all power while driving twice in one week, october 25 and october 27, 2011. After approximately 5 minutes of driving, the yellow warning signal illuminated and ten seconds later, the red warning light illuminated and the vehicle immediately lost power and stalled in the middle of the roadway. I was told to pick up my car and come back if it ran hot and stalled again (customer to monitor). I picked my car up on wednesday evening after work and drove straight home. On thursday morning the yellow light flashed and immediately turned red and shut off in the middle of the roadway again. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership again. This time, when the car was place on the tow truck, coolant ran from under the vehicle onto the ground. This is a very frustrating, unexpected, expensive and dangerous problem with this vehicle. If I had been traveling on the highway and this vehicle shut down within 10 seconds, I would not have been able to safely navigate this vehicle to the shoulder of the road. Fortunately, I was not rear ended on either incident. I understand that the purpose of the engine shutting down is to prevent engine damage, but there seems to be no advance warning, which puts the occupants in danger or being rear ended. I am very concerned about this swift total shut down occurring while on the highway and causing a major accident. Although the water pump was not deemed as the absolute cause of the problem, the dealership started their corrective action with replacing the water pump and thermostat. I recently discovered while under warranty, this vehicle's cylinder head was replaced and sludge was in the engine oil (prior to my purchase). I contacted bmwusa and was told that components break down sometimes.
I have an 2007 328i bmw which stalled and cutoff on 3 occasion within 4 years. They replaced as per tech the fuel injection twice within 2 years and now the car is parked my warranty is expired and cutoff again last 2 weeks.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that while attempting to make a left turn, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact pulled over and was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the piston valve area timing system was defective. The dealer reprogrammed the engine. The current and failure mileages were 80,000.
My vehicle shakes and shuts down when im stopped at a red light and even sometimes when I put it on in the morning, this has happened more than five or six times since I bought the vehicle, I took the vehicle to the dealership and they keep saying they can not find the problem and they refresh a computer they say. Also the service light comes on when I have this problem and before the check engine light came on.
Service engine light has come on 5 times within the past 6 weeks. I have returned to the dealership and they have been unable to identify the problem. The dealership has advised the dealership to reset the computer program, replace a purge valve, and eventually has had to replace the entire computer system. This has resulted in 5 visits to the dealership and an extreme inconvenience.
2006, 2007, and 2008 bmw 3 series have a metallic ticking noise from under the engine.
On 12/15/07 I pulled onto the highway from the dirt median. The car engine lost power and the vehicle came to a virtual stop on the highway with high speed traffic quickly approaching. I was pushing the gas pedal to the floor but no power was being applied to the wheels and engine RPM did not increase. This lasted for many seconds. I had time to confirm I was still in first gear. I then depressed the clutch, revved the engine to high RPM and took off in second gear. My wife and I were almost killed due to the length of time we were on the highway with the vehicle virtually at a standstill.
4 days after car was lease brand new 2007 bmw 328i failed on the road where it completely halted with no warning system. It was on surface streets luckily not on the highway or it would have been a car accident with possible deadly consequences. After 3 days still not diagnostic result! Brand new! Not used.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 bmw 328i. The contact stated that the keyless entry remote would not open the vehicle's door. She was able to open the door manually with the key, but it became stuck in the ignition. The vehicle was towed to the bmw dealer. The 30g relay was replaced. On june 24, 2007, the failure recurred and the vehicle was towed to the bmw dealer. The key slide and the ribbon cable were replaced. On june 27, 2007, while driving 45 MPH, the engine shut down without warning. The contact was able to safely pull the vehicle over. The vehicle was towed to the bmw dealer where it is awaiting a diagnosis. The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage is 1,299 and failure mileage was 700.
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