Long cranks to start, shaking now while starting, engine service soon light appearing.
2007 BMW 335I fuel system complaints
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Bmw 335i had a fuel injector problem and within 2 weeks I have a microfilter problem. In 3 weeks, my car has been in the shop twice.
Fuel pump failed a second time. My original complaint # is 10227599. Exact same symptoms.
Car started perfectly for first 10000 mi. Starts were short and smooth. Car undriven for 7days before incident. Driving on freeway after an unusual long hard start. Lost engine power all of a sudden. Car system says: engine malfunction engine power reduced. The same thing happened on the next few starts-reduced power after a short time driving. It then failed on every start until I had my appointment (18 days) us model 2007 335xi build date may 2007 took it to bmw gallery in calgary. It is the high pressure fuel pump and it is on indefinite backorder from germany. They cannot fix it until bmw releases a new version. There is no eta for this part. They tell me it is ok to drive. I feel it is unsafe. From my investigation, this is a common problem that merits a complaint.
The federal safety agency action number : pe08032 the federal safety agency recall campaign number : n/a make / models : model/build years: bmw / 335i 2007 manufacturer : bmw of north america, llc component : fuel system, gasoline fuel system, gasolineelivery fuel system, gasolineelivery:fuel pump date investigation opened : april 28, 2008 date investigation closed : open summary: the 2007 bmw 335i vehicles are equipped with a high precision fuel injection system designed to allow precise metering of the fuel mixture and higher engine compression to increase engine and fuel efficiency. The system includes a standard in-tank fuel pump to deliver fuel to the engine and a high-pressure fuel pump driven by the oil pump chain drive assembly, which can achieve a maximum programmed fuel pressure of 200 bar. Odi has received three owner complaints of stalling incidents in the subject vehicles due to failure of the high-pressure fuel pump. Additionally, odi has received eight complaints alleging incidents of vehicles unexpectedly going into a limp mode because of high-pressure fuel pump failures. A preliminary investigation has been opened to assess the scope, frequency and safety consequences of the alleged defect.
Started my car in the morning in about 400 feet after changing to 2nd gear and the clutch fully engaged drove 20 feet and the car bucked. No engine fault lights lit. Drove to work. At lunch time started the car and the engine light was lit anything about 1/4 throttle the car would bog down and slow down. Maximum speed was around 45mph with very little acceleration. Upon restart the car was running without the engine light and performance returned. I'm concerned this could happen at any moment such as merging onto the highway. This is a major safety concern when I have my family in the car. Contacted the dealer and they inspected the car the next day. They found the hpfp to be faulty and replaced it.
My previous car was a 2007 bmw 335i coupe. After a couple of months of owning the car, the car was diagnosed with a faulty fuel pump. Subsequently, I purchased a 2008 335i convertible. After driving the car for a couple of thousand miles, the car started showing signs of a faulty fuel pump (long crank times). Yesterday, the engine malfunction light came on and the issue was determined to be that of the faulty fuel pump. At this point, the car went into limp mode with reduced power. Additionally, there was shaking and the car was misfiring and running very rough. This is clearly a huge defect with the 335i engines. It is a safety hazard should the fuel pump break while the car is on a highway, or in a deserted location with no access to a repair shop. I would appreciate if this issue is given the seriousness that it deserves.
2008 bmw 335i. Jan build picked up at the bmw welt in feb of 08. @9,500 miles. High pressure fuel pump failure. Car experienced a sudden loss of power while I was driving on a secondary road. Thankfully I was about to make a turn and the car behind me was a reasonable distance away. Also service engine soon light has come on. Car has a very rough idle and is barely drivable on public roads.
I have had two fuel pumps replaced for my bmw 335i and it is very annoying. The events leading up to the failure were very long cranks when I started the car and one time my car even almost broke down and wouldn't start on me... Bmw replaced both the fuel pumps that went dead and for one of them I had to wait three weeks to get it... =/ very mad!!
Rough idle with fluctuating RPM, long crank before engine turns over on ignition. At first it was once a month occurrence, soon it turned into once a week and became almost a sure-thing. Took it to a bmw deal who replaced a fuel pump. Now long crank and fluctuating RPM at idle is mostly gone but rarely happens again. Also, sidewall of front passenger side run-flat tire (rft) has a bubble even though the tire hasn't experience any shock (from potholes, etc).
2008 bmw 335i (e93) high pressure fuel pump failure resulting in long starts and sometimes reduced power or engine stalling while driving. Bmw replace hpfp (high pressure fuel pump) with rebuilt unit at 2,200 miles.
My 8 month old bmw 335 fails on me while driving in the freeway with my 7 year old son at 1130pm. Engine malfunction. Towed it to the dealer -it was the fuel pump. They apparently replaced it ..the next day I got it back late afternoon. Driving it back home after 60 miles. It did it again. Apparently im not the only one who' s having problem..this is a very serious ..it just stop in the middle of the road with a vehicle that's only 8 month old....hope you will address this.
Multiple incidents with "engine malfunction. Reduced power" aka limp mode. On my 2007 bmw 335i sedan. Bmw replaced fuel pump once, but now seems like the problem is repeating itself.
I drive a bmw 335i and the fuel pump failed. Indications were long crank times, engine stalling while driving, and shuttering while driving. I know of many other bmw's with the twin turbo engine that have/had this problem. Bmw needs to completely redesign the fuel pump so serious incidents do not occur while driving.
Initially, car was slow to start after pressing start button. Immediately experienced noticeable decrease in power. Car was not responsive at all whenever I attempted to accelerate. Exhaust note began to sound like there was a hole in the muffler. After 1 or 2 days, a yellow service engine light appeared in dashboard display. Afterwards car felt like it would stall out unless I depressed pedal to keep rpms up. The car was towed to the dealership where I was told when I picked up the car that the problem was due to a computer program failure. On my way home after 10 minutes of driving I returned the car to the dealership and told the service advisor that my car was not fixed and that I was experiencing the same car substandard performance. After a couple of days I was called and told the problem was the high pressure fuel pump. The car is till at the dealership as the part has not arrived at the dealership yet.
Drove car normally - no extraordinary event leading up to issue. Car threw engine error and ran under forced 'limp' mode. Took to dealer - they had to replace the high pressure fuel pump.
Fuel pump completely failed; car undrivable, would start and then stall 5-10 seconds later. Initial stall occurred pulling out of a driveway onto a highway. Bmw towed the car to closest dealership & diagnosed as high-pressure fuel pump failure. Pump replaced, car out of service for ~5 days during repair. Occurred with ~18k miles on vehicle. Multiple online reports of other 335i vehicles with identical problems - this requires a safety recall.
High pressure fuel pump failure.
High pressure fuel pump has been replaced twice on the vehicle.
My cars high pressure fuel pump has failed (2 separate times) in high speed traffic, almost causing accidents. Car is a bmw 335i 2007.
2007 bmw 335i coupe : faulty high pressure fuel pump they changed my fuel pump to remanufactured fuel pump. They should change this to new one.
2007 335i went suddenly into a limp mode while driving on a busy road. Car behind me almost rear-ended me due to the sudden slow down. I was able to control the car and drive into a parking lot. The car had to be towed to the dealership. The dealership told me my fuel pump had failed. They have promised to get it repaired in couple of days. My car just had 6000 miles and it is not even a year old. I saw on the internet that lot of people have had this problem since way back from 2006. If bmw was aware of this issue, why did they not fix this problem before selling the car?
I purchased my bmw 335i from a costa mesa used car dealer. The problem with the high pressure fuel pump was disclosed to me at time of purchase. However this vehicle was at one time in its life, affected by this problem that so many other 335i owners are facing. While I didn't provide the VIN number, the car was manufactured in september 2006. The original owner of this car brought the car into a ca bmw dealership and it was ultimately bought back by the dealership, repaired, sent to an auction, where it was purchased by the used car dealership that I purchased it from in april 2008. At the time of purchase the vehicle had 4000 miles, so this problem occurred rather quickly.
April 2007 build bmw 335i coupe stalled in the middle of the road due to failure of high pressure fuel pump. After taking it to a bmw dealer, it was replaced and problem appears to have been solved in my car. However, I do believe that this issue is relatively common among 335i owners and is very much a safety issue. A car with this problem is prone to stall in the middle of driving and that could be a very dangerous scenario. In my case, bmw was very good about replacing the part. But I think for a lot of people, they may not know that this potential problem is lurking in their car. There have been a large number of owners on the bmw enthusiast forums who have experienced this problem.
While driving the car hesitation occurred out of nowhere, car started idling poorly and engine reduced power came on dashboard, limp mode, car shut off, tried to restart and it restarted after several attempts, engine warning light came on and car idled really bad wanting to shut off at every stop, took it for service at dealer and was diagnosed with a defective high pressure fuel pump, replaced under warranty. Car was 2 months old with only 2,300 miles on it.
The high pressure fuel pump on my '08 bmw 335i failed. I am reporting this because of the high incidence of failures of the fuel pump on this vehicle. No one was injured but if the pump had failed while driving it could have caused an accident.
Slow starting starving for gas always happens after the car has been off for overnight. This leads to the car going into limp mode that is dangerous on the road. A common issue with dbw new 335 engines, fuel pumps have been a major problem with many cars either not starting or going into limp mode. Replaced with the same pump that has failed in many cars from 2007 to now 2008 models.
--1. Car started to idle rough when started from cold. Car would shake at traffic stops and often feel sluggish during acceleration. --2. High pressure fuel pump failed and car went into limp mode. Limp mode immediately shut down the car and could not be started again. This is a safety risk as car shuts down and could cause serious injury when traveling at high speeds. --3. After waiting 32 days, the high pressure fuel pump was replaced. Bmw north america claimed national backorder on the part. Bmw kept the failed fuel pump.
2007 bmw e92 335i had fuel pump replaced due to car going into limp mode. Car had fuel pump replaced. Driving on six-lane highway 101 north of san francisco, crowded highway, the car went into limp mode and stalled in the fast lane. Traffic from behind car almost rear-ended car three-times before I was able to frantically pull to a safety lane. I thought I was going to be killed in this situation and never in my driving career was as frightened as I was when my car put me in a very dangerous situation.
I currently own a 2007 bmw 335i sedan that was purchased april 2007. A year later I went into the dealership for my first scheduled maintenance (oil change) and also reported to the service advisor that it took longer cranks or multiple cranks to start the engine. After some diagnostics ran on the engine, it was determined that the high-pressure fuel pump was failing and about to fail soon. The dealership decided to replace the failing pump. Fortunately I didn't have to experience with any dramatic or catastrophic events while operating the vehicle, though there were some other owners of the similar vehicle had experience near-accident situations. Nonetheless, the fuel pump showed signs of failing and I'm just happened to bring the car in time to replace it.
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