2011 BMW 335I: fuel pump failure

Filed Nov 6, 2019 · Fuel system · 42,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 bmw 335i. While the vehicle was idling at a red light, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. Also, "vehicle operating at reduced power level" displayed on the instrument panel. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and restarted the vehicle. The contact stated that this was the third time the failure occurred. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic who determined that the high pressure fuel pump failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 42,000.

Filed Jul 17, 2019 · Fuel system · 52,400 miles · CA

Long crank times to start the engine. Had it diagnosed by an mechanic who determined the high pressure fuel pump was failing. He also was able to determine that this particular problem existed in years 2007,2008,2009, and 2010. He was sure bmw would replace the pump since those years had been granted an extension on that part to 10 years and 100,000 miles. When I took the car to the bmw dealer I was informed that my car was "too new" and would not be included in the warranty extension. I pointed out that was clearly the same issue as the previous four years, but they said no. I contacted bmw north america, and discussed the matter with them to no avail. I had the faulty pump replaced out of my own funds. I filed a complaint with the bureau of automotive repair in california, who did an investigation on the complaint, but closed the matter out. They suggested I file a complaint with your department in hopes that eventually 2011 models will be included in the warranty extension and I could get some sort of refund on the known faulty pump. The car was stationary while long crank times were noted. Replacing the high pressure fuel pump has solved the problem.

Filed Jun 26, 2019 · Fuel system · MD

My vehicle has been diagnosed with a bad high pressure fuel pump. After doing research online I found that bmw had a recall for engines n54. I'm having the same exact issue as the n54, my engine is the n55. My car is not usable and bmw does not want to acknowledge this is on my n55 engine. Bmw clearly acknowledges that the manufacturing of these high pressure pumps were bad they should have a recall done for the n55. What I am looking is for bmw to cover this issue.

Filed Nov 29, 2017 · Engine, Fuel system · 50,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 bmw 335i. While driving various speeds and accelerating, the speed decreased and the message "engine pressure reduction" appeared. In addition, while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to niello bmw in elk grove, california where the high pressure fuel pump was replaced along with the asa bolts. In regards to the vehicle stalling, the coolant pump and the water pump were replaced. Furthermore, the dealer found a leak in the seal of the radiator and diagnosed that it needed to be replaced. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in the recalls related to the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

Filed Apr 17, 2017 · Fuel system · 50,200 miles · NY

Vehicle has been experienced cold start issue since about a year ago, it cranks and start up fine however the engine RPM will drop and struggle to stay at idle, engine eventually will stall within 2-3 seconds. Last week while waiting at a traffic light on a local street, the engine stall on its own, check engine light came on but went away after a minute, I managed to restart and drove to destination. This was the first experience of stalling during normal driving and first incident which the check engine light comes on. Brought a car to a independent bmw technician and fault code was indicating high pressure fuel pump was the source of stalling.

Filed Feb 17, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 20,000 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 bmw 335-I. Comments: I was driving my on a long uphill section with plenty of room to pass and I started passing two cars when my engine lost power and stalled. The cars I was passing kindly started to slow down to let me move past them, but I kept slowing down at the same rate as they were, remaining side by side with them, leaving me no room to move back to the right and with the truck coming in the opposite direction closer and closer. Eventually I felt I had no choice, and managed to get off the road on the opposite side so the truck could pass between the two cars and mine. I tried to restart my car. It did start albeit with the engine malfunction ? Reduced power light on. The recurred the next day I drove my car to bmw of darien which told me that for the third time (twice on my previous 2008 335is convertible) the fuel pump had failed. Then I received recall no. 13v‑044: power supply system about a potential failure of the electrical system resulting in engine stalling, but could not ever get an answer from bmw whether the cause of the engine stalls with my car was really the fuel pump. I have been trying to get to the bottom of this dangerous engine failure for almost two years. Bmw customer service has been completely evasive. One gentleman called me once on my cellphone, not on the phone number I had provided. I called them and wrote to them multiple times. I am happy to provide you with copies of that correspondence that seems to indicate that they did not have a response! Thank you very much for looking into this. Best regards.the contact requested the complaint to filed in their own words pulled from an email sent to the federal safety agency.

Filed Apr 8, 2015 · Fuel system · 62,300 miles · GA

I'm having the exact same issue the 2007-2010 bmw 335i's were having with the fuel pump. Reduced engine power error message on navigation screen.

Filed Nov 8, 2014 · Engine · 24,500 miles · FL

After starting the car, the center console gave an error message "engine malfunction. Engine operating at reduced output. Possible to continue. Drive with caution. Have the system checked by the nearest bmw center." the car could not go more than 2mpg and the entire car was shaking. I turned the car off and turned it back on and it did the same thing. I took it to the bmw center and I am waiting to get it back. They claim it had something to do with the fuel pump or the fuel injectors and the detection of ethanol in the gasoline.