2008 BMW 335I: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Sep 24, 2016 · Fuel system, Transmission · 70,000 miles · TX

I was driving at 60 miles per hour on woodall rogers fwy in dallas, when my car started shaking and went into limp mode. I pulled over on the highway and could not get the car to start again. I had the car towed to bmw. They said it had nothing to do with a previous recall about the fuel pump and gave me a $3,000 quote. I had it towed to an independent shop where they replaced a water pump and other items. However, the recall information I have been reading describes exactly what happened to my car. Whenever I drive my car now and I accelerate, it still gives me an engine warning and starts shaking. I believe my car is "suffering" from the water pump issue.

Filed Sep 21, 2010 · Fuel system · 17,804 miles · WA

I have now experienced four failures of the high pressure fuel pump on my 2008 bmw 335i coupe in the past year. Three of these failures resulted in situations where power was lost while the vehicle was in heavy traffic that could have resulted in collisions from the rear. I all cases the car was behaving normally at speeds up to 70mph and then the engine would stop or go into limp mode allowing travel at less than 20mph. The fourth case resulted in the car not starting. In all four instances the bmw dealer stated the problem was the high pressure fuel pump. The pump has now been replaced twice and the engine software has been updated three times. The most recent instance occurred in late august and required that the vehicle be towed. That is the occurrence reported in the balance of the form. Previous failures were in june of 2010, august of 2009 and july of 2009. This is clearly a problem that could result in a very serious accident if it were to occur in close charters at high speed.

Filed Jul 24, 2010 · Fuel system · 10,200 miles · MA

Another high pressure fuel pump failure in my 2008 bmw 335i. This time it happened without any warning, just after picking up my children at pre-school, I pulled out onto a busy street which is difficult to get a whole in traffic. Stepped on the gas to pull out and speed up quickly to the flow of traffic (45 MPH), the car starts to accelerate for about 2 seconds, then acts like I took my foot off the accelerator, goes into a limp mode, RPM drop to 4-500rpm and the car shakes and runs rough and will barely accelerate no matter how hard I push the gas pedal. The flow of traffic has to brake extremely hard to avoid rear ending me since there is no real shoulder or any time to even pull over, thank god I was not hit and everyone else in traffic managed to slow down quickly without incident - it would have been easy for this to have ended in a 40mph speed differential rear end collision with 2 small children in my car. I would like to feel confident that I can return my car for repair, but since this is the apparently repaired part already installed and that even the new repair part that will be put in my car has already failed many times according to the dealer, I feel that bmw is just putting me back in potentially the same dangerous position to happen again. My first fuel pump failed at 2000 miles, this one failed at 10000 miles, at this rate I will need 20 fuel pump replacements before the 100000 mile warranty runs out and potentially be in up to 20 accidents when this happens - please reopen this case and investigate bmw further before someone is seriously injured or killed!

Filed Jan 28, 2010 · Fuel system · 38,000 miles · MD

This is the second failure of the hpfp in my 2008 bmw 335i. It occurred when I left work and started car and the car shuddered and the indicator showed that the car went into limp mode (reduced power). Drove the car to my child's preschool and turned off the car. Started the car and again the car went into limp mode. Decided to take the car directly to the dealership and the car stalled three times on the way. Two of the stalls were while the car was moving. The hpfp was replaced under warranty the next day.

Filed Dec 2, 2009 · Fuel system · PA

2008 bmw 335i sedan. Hpfp (high pressure fuel pump) failed at 11,000 miles-car goes into limp mode (half power). Hpfp replaced at dealer. New pump failed at 13,000-also replaced. Now at 15,000 miles, car is experiencing long cranks again (symptoms of pump failure) again.