Valve cover oil leaking onto exhaust manifold that causes fire. It was turned off and stationary. Asked bmw to change in 80k but they said just sweating oil. Safety hazard ignored. Common amoung bmw 3 series engine
2007 BMW 335I engine complaints
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I was turning on to a highway, as I accelerated to match the speed of oncoming traffic and merge, the engine power abruptly degraded. I had to swerve out of the lane to avoid an accident. The vehicle had a flashing service engine light and was not producing any power. I had the vehicle towed to park ave. Bmw in nj. The dealer diagnosed my vehicle with a failed dme (engine management computer or ecu) at less than 60k. After doing some research I found many others bmw n54 engine owners online who had encountered the same dme failure. It turns out an electrical component that costs a couple of cents was prematurely failing. This was known to bmw in 2007 when the vehicle was being sold. The bmw service builtin si b 12 18 07 clearly indicates that this is an unexpected failure and is caused by a defective diode. Further more the issue can damage coils and fuel injectors costing thousands of dollars. Replacing coils, injectors, and the dme can exceed $5000. Further more bmw chose no to be proactive and replace the component, instead they put peoples lives at risk, at best their benefiting from their own lack of quality.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 335i. While accelerating, the vehicle shuttered and the check engine indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that the vehicle idled roughly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel injectors, spark plugs, and ignition coil would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 102,000.
There is a serious defect with the engine and fuel pump. It takes a long time to accelerate when driving especially on the highway, the car will shake, jolt and the engine will start to make a weird noise. There is oil leaking constantly and the check engine light is constantly coming on even after just being repaired. The car goes into limp mode and has shut down on me numerous times while driving. I've had the fuel pump replaced numerous times and yet it needs to be replaced against. The car will overheat at times and and just shut down. I was driving on a busy city street when the car just shut down, I couldn't steer or brake it just died in the middle of a busy street. It was extremely unsafe and put my life in danger as well as the other drivers on the road, especially since they were driving at fast speeds.
Bmw 335i 2007 has (x3)three times now, the vehicle was traveling during the daylight hours at highways speeds of 65-70mph in the number 1 far left lane of (ca 101 fwy) in may of 2016 when the vehicle displayed 'engine temperature was high, and that the car needed to be driven at a moderate speed'. Immediately took my foot off the accelerator and began to coast in idle state to the shoulder (ca 101 fwy) 5 lanes over. Before I was able to move to the 3rd lane the vehicle stated 'engine to hot', turned off, lost power (much like if you run out of gas), and I frightfully merged creeping along to the shoulder narrowly missed being hit by several other trucks and vehicles. I went to lift the hood, expecting to be overwhelmed by heat and conditions that would cause a bmw to disable suddenly and lose power. I observed no conditions of heat or unusual to cause a shut down. I was able to turn car on again in 10 minutes with no problems the temperature was no different or warmer than I have ever felt before, conditions were 72/*f, traffic was moving along at a good flow, with light cool bay area breeze. This has occurred 3times now, I have filled the coolant, I have had the starter and battery replaced and yet the same occurrence comes up. 'department of consumer affairs, 'better business bureau, 'us department of transportation, 'national transportation and safety administration, 'abc nightline reported: (http://abcnews.go.com/thelaw/bmw-admits-fuel-pump-flaw-turbo-cars/story?id=11968495 ), 'dateline nbc reported: (http://www.nbcnews.com/business/bmw-recalls-134-000-luxury-sedans-over-tail-light-problem-4b11215107 ) 'ny daily news filed a story : (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/bmw-recalls-150-000-cars-faulty-fuel-pumps-article-1.192673 ), 'national highway tsa with
2eff4 map thermostat,mechanism check engine,in the morning is on and off but is not hot the engine ,the car is running with no problem but the light is on for the emission system
When parked listening to music, my brother plugged in the USB adapter and it electrocuted him ever since he's scared to be in the vehicle. Well right after the incident the cigar igniters to plug in the adapters wouldn't work anymore. I had just got this car from a dealer as a trade in 3 months ago and I noticed really strong smells of gas from the back seat and my siblings sit back there and that really concerns me. Along with the smell of gas, my coolant reservoir starting spilling out brownish fluid like if a gasket was blown and oil got into the coolant ! I am very irritated I'm being charged thousands that I don't have and only have had the car for a few months. My warranty would not fix any damages, and dealership is not helping me out. I need to go to work and school and I have no transportation at the moment.
While driving on the hov lane of the freeway during rush hour about 5:15 pm my car suddenly started to rattle when pushing the gas peddle. I took my foot from the gas peddle while still driving with about 60 MPH. I tried the gas peddle some seconds later again and experienced still rattling and no acceleration of the car. I took my foot again from the gas peddle. In the meantime I was down to 40mph. About 20-30 sec later from the first rattle the engine light came on and 1 sec later the engine stalled on the highway. At that time when the engine stalled I was still driving about 35 MPH. Luckily the freeway had a left shoulder and I turned over to the left with the last remaining speed and slowly stopped the car. I'm so glad that the left shoulder was available. The freeway was very busy and I assume I would have been involved in an accident, if the left shoulder wouldn't have been available. The loss of power was too sudden and entirely unexpected. The stalled engine created a very dangerous moment while driving on a freeway. The bmw shop came back to me today and explained that the high pressure fuel pump failed. A know issue with the car make, model and year.
My car might have turbo charger issue that was settle under class action in 2010 . I'm being charged for repairs that will able bmw to make diagnosis for that problem at first for vacuum turbo lines almost for 1000 dollars and today for some other issue another 500. I'm being pressured by bmw to fix it or quit. The extended warranty is only till 82 thousand miles. So either I pay or end up not knowing if my car has this issue. When I was driving and trying to speed to pass another vehicle my engine light came on saying that engine is not working in full capacity and to slow down or stop... Pls help me to resolve that issue. Thank you. I called bmw or northern america and spoke with sky and was told that it is what it is and I have to pay since the mechanics know better what needs to be done. When I asked for somebody that is in direct relations with bmw of germany I was told that he is the top of the line person and entity in his self. I feel that anything related to this issue should be cover by bmw not me.
Service engine light has illuminated on 3 occasions causing me to fail smog inspection the first time it happened.
While driving at highway speeds for 15-20 minutes, the yellow engine overheating warning light came on and quickly turned to red, within 5 seconds. The car lost the ability to accelerate and my speed quickly began to slow. There was no response from the car when depressing the accelerator. I had to cross 3 lanes of traffic with no acceleration which nearly caused several accidents. My car was rolling to a stop on he highway. I turned the car off for several minutes and everything seemed to be fine. However, this has now happened multiple times. Each time while driving on the highway for 15-20 minutes.
While I was driving in a highway traffic, without any warning the car started vibrating severely, smoke coming out of the tail pipe, engine almost dying and I was forced to take the shoulder lane away from traffic. I tried to restart the engine but only white smoke with fuel smell coming out of tail pipe, but I was still able to drive the car slowly to home. Took to mechanic and eventually was told that engine is completely shot - 3 or 4 cylinders were cracked, combustion failure, etc. Mechanic can't fix it without replacing the entire engine which he estimated at least $7,000.00. Geico won't cover since they considered my car issue strictly a "mechanical failure". Bmw concord is unresponsive to my request. I'm on my own here and now I'm paying for the rental car for about 3 weeks now which geico doesn't fully or even partially cover due to the mechanical failure state of my car. I'm the original owner of the car and my usage is less than average. Driving it primarily to work (antioch,ca - concord, ca) and back home which is only approx 40 miles round trip. My driving habits are very good, car was never abused. I took good care of the car, had it serviced and maintained regular basis. I've been working from home permanently for over a year now so my mileage usage is very low and geico knows about it as I provided proof of low mileage usage. I just don't understand why my bmw - a performance car and the ultimate driving machine - with low mileage, never abused, well maintained - could go this worse. Now the car sits in my garage dead, not fixable, not able to trade it. I'm so frustrated and very upset that this happened at a time when I'm extremely busy at work, and just adds to my stress level that I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack from just dealing with this issue. Engine is dead in just 6-1/2 years. Unbelievable! Updated 9/25/14*cn the consumer stated bmw fixed the main problem for $ 3,100.00. All six of the fuel injectors were replaced and the contaminated fuel was drained. Updated 11/04/
While trying to pass on a busy highway I was trying to excel speed get pass semi truck. When out of no where my car loss power and almost caused a huge accident. I wasn't prepared for that, or have heard of such a thing. After researching it seams to be a bmw problem with these cars. I literally just got my car back from my local bmw dealer in charlottsville va same day.spent a lot of money on this car and planned on keeping it for at least another 7 yrs or more. Usually if you maintain your car it will last forever, but guess not if the actual dealer doesn't know how to manufacturer one correctly. This was a car I always wanted bmw is known luxury and sport . Just crazy they do not respect the customers more than they do. I just wanted put my complaint in with everyone else's, seeing there's a lot.
My serpentine belt (drive belt) snapped and shattered causing my vehicle to lose power steering capabilities. This belt drives all the accesories( alternator, power steering, AC, etc). This is a known issue by bmw, there is a sib 11 09 08 that states the issue and how to go about checking it by the dealer. The issue is the design flaw in the power steering pully hitting the sub frame and causing damage to the belt and in turn the belt snapping. This can/will cause a fatality one day because of the loss of steering controls. The belt on my vehicle was replaced before on 12/20/12 for the same reason and it has only been 1.5 years and the same problem.
I drove to the gas station left car alone for no more than 5 minutes. And when I come back I try to start the car and tries to start but doesn't have the power too, then I get a jump start and drive home and the next day same things happen. Battery was changed out by shop just about a week ago.
My vehicle displayed a yellow warning that the engine temperature was high, and that the car needed to be driven at moderate speeds because the engine was close to overheating. I decreased my speed from 30mph to 20 MPH, and about 30 seconds after driving the car at 25mph a red warning light came on that said my engine was too hot, and the car stalled on me. I received no prior warning regarding an overheating issue. Luckily I was not on a highway and was able to pull to the side of the road. I got my vehicle towed and I was told by the shop that the water pump failed, and that I needed a new thermostat.
Car went into limp mode due to excessive engine temperature detected. Cause of engine overheating was a faulty electric water pump. Dealer replaced the water pump and thermostat.
The thermostat was failing to cool the vehicle under extreme heat conditions (over 100 degree days), took vehicle in to check the thermostat, but it was only a 90 degree day when they looked at the car, and were "unable to reproduce problem", so they returned the vehicle. About 6 months later, I took vehicle in to check the thermostat when the vehicle was unable to warm up under extreme cold conditions (under 30 degree mornings). Again, "unable to reproduce problem" because when the mechanics got to work in the morning, the temperatures were over 40 degrees. Other than extreme conditions, the thermostat seemed to work fine. But the following year, on a cold morning, not only did the vehicle fail to warm up, but the "check engine" light came on. By the time I was able to make an appointment and bring the car in, the light had gone out, and again, the service dept. Was unable to determine what made the "check engine" light come on. They said it must be an "intermittent problem". Yes, it was!! And the light came on another time, but I was out of town, so that by the time I got back, again it had gone out. The problem finally got bad enough for the light to come on again, and this time I drove the vehicle directly to the dealership w/o turning it off, so they could determine the problem. They finally confirmed there was indeed a problem with the thermostat, like I had told them all along, and they replaced the thermostat. When I got home and checked the internet, I found many complaints about this same problem with my engine in this model bmw. And bmw has not made a recall to repair the item. This is a known and frequently recurring problem that bmw should be made to pay for &/or reimburse customers for expenses they incurred in fixing the problem, just like the fuel pump and battery problems for this same model vehicle that were fixed under recalls!!
While sitting still at the first incident the car stalled for no reason. Over the next two weeks the car started to run very rough and the service engine light would come on. You could turn it off and restart and it would be fine for a little while, now my engine light stays on all the time and my #3 injector needs replaced. Bmw did recall the injectors for the 2008 models, but not my 2007, the cost is my responsibility and many other 2007 owners have had the same problem. I do.have a bmw extended warranty for my fuel pressure regulator, not a recall, but they go bad several times a year. A recall should be extended for the 2007 injectors.
While accelerating on a highway, the car lost power and started to shake. I had to pull off on the shoulder while decelerating while cars around me were honking and driving around to pass me. I was lucky not to have been in a collision. The "engine malfunction" light and "service engine soon" light turned on. After coming to a stop on the side of the road, I turned off the car for a few minutes and restarted it - it drove fine but the "service engine soon" light stayed on. It has happened many times since.
I was driving home on the freeway when all of a sudden car immediately lost power, engine over heating illuminated on my message board. Had to cross two lanes of traffic while speed was decreasing, I thankfully made it to the shoulder. Car would not accelerate past 2mph. Called tow truck and sent to bmw. Car read 62,000 miles, bmw replaced waterpump ($1,600). Vanos sprockets that prematurely fail are a known issue at the bmw service center here in tx mine failed at 63,000 miles ($1900). Passenger mat sensor seat sensor failed at 63,000 miles ($800). A well known issue at the bmw dealership bit they do nothing about it... Now my turbo chargers have failed due to waste gate but thankfully bmw extended the warranty to 82,000 miles. This is the worst bmw I have ever purchased never have I had so many problems with the 335i. Advice stay away from the n54 turbo charged bmws. Buy an audi.
I have owned this 2007 335i for 2 1/2 years. I am a 59 year old female that drives very conservatively. In the 2 1/2 years that I have owned this vehicle, the fuel pump has been replaced twice. Four months ago the injectors had to be replaced and this past friday the electronic water pump and electronic thermostat had to be replaced. Not typical of any bmw I have owned in the past 12-15 years. I contacted our local bmw dealership and they knew of no problems with this particular model. I contacted bmw today regarding this model and they took the information for review which to me means file 13. Bmw knows there is a problem with the water pumps and the thermostats on this particular model and they choose to do nothing about it. They also know there is a problem with the injectors and they choose to do nothing. I was told that the federal safety agency makes the determination on all recalls not the individual car makers.
High pressure fuel pump failed on freeway causing immediate loss of 70% of power. Dealership is also saying that fuel injectors are faulty. After looking through different internet websites it seems to be a common problem in early 335i models. Almost crashed because of it.
I picked up my car from the dealer after replacement of the electric water pump. I drove home and parked the vehicle. 4 hours later my neighbor alerted me to an engine compartment fire that completely destroyed the vehicle.
The wastegate value arms are loose and they rattle. They may come loose and not work. Which could result in the engine not working. It get worse the longer you drive the car. This is well documented on youtube that all 2007 335i's have this problem. I just feel that bmw should make this a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 bmw 335i. The contact stated that the vehicle was leaking excessive amounts of oil. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was informed that the aluminum bolts that connected the oil pan were cracked. The dealer stated that the constant vibrations from the engine could have caused the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 97,000. ....updated 06/18/12
Water pump failed while driving and car would not exceed 5mph. Postings online show this is a common issue (possible recall issue like the fuel pump). Car was towed to the dealer and water pump was replaced for $1033.
The car stalled and lost power on highway. Engine light came on . Rough idling. First incident occurred september 2011. The second incident happened oct 26, 2011. Both times the car stalled and lost power on the highway. I believe that this created a very dangerous and life threatening situation for me and others on the highway.
My bmw lost power on multiple occasions.it was in bmw service for 6 weeks discovered a problem with manifold "leaking oil and no power to twin turbo. Factory man could not find the cause. They had to tear down the engine finally after we were losing our patience to finally "find the problem". This was when the car was brand new. Have had multiple trips to bmw service for stalling and loss of power on the road. Have had to reset the"cars' "system again on 2 occasions.bmw did extend the service warranty on the turbo and fuel pump. Tonight had complete power failure on highway. Had to stop and start and go several hundred feet.car limped home into the garage. Im sure my trip to the bmw service station will be an exercise in futility since they tell me the car is fine. There must be some issue with the twin turbo engine.
Car suddenly looses power and displays "engine malfunction reduced power output." this is scary and upsetting when driving on houston highways with 18 wheelers passing you. You need to safely pull over to the shoulder, restart the car, and the warning goes away, the power comes back and you never know when and where this will happen again. Very unsafe and disturbing.
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