BMW 335XI misfire problems

Filed Oct 15, 2024 · Fuel system · VA

The contact owns a 2008 BMW 335xi. The contact stated while her son was driving at various speeds, the engine was misfiring and making an abnormal loud knocking sound. No further information was provided. The driver pulled to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the fuel injectors had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact related the failure to BMW Campaign Number: SIB130120. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered. The contact was referred to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was unsure whether the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed May 23, 2020 · Electrical, Fuel system · 127,000 miles · SC

Car has issues with cold start, long crank, RPM surge, cylinder misfires. Car has index 5 and index 8 fuel injectors. The car is showing codes for issues with the high pressure fuel pump.

Filed Mar 11, 2020 · Engine, Fuel system · 120,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 bmw 335xi. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the engine misfired and failed to respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to casey bmw located at (12861 jefferson ave. Newport news. Va) who diagnosed that the fuel injectors were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Mar 18, 2019 · 70,000 miles · MA · fire

I was driving my car when the engine sounded something similar to is if I had a misfire. I started slowing down by the time I got to about 5 miles an hour smoke started coming through the vents. Open the hood and there was a fire between the back of the engine in the firewall. Within 15 minutes the car completely burned down. It is unknown what caused this so far.

Filed Apr 25, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 75,000 miles · CT

Car randomly lost power and went into limp mode. Heavy stuttering with check engine light. Occurred while merging on the highway and resulted in near collision. Car had 75k miles at the time, now has 76k. Car drives fine, but when pressing accelerator passed 50% car begins to stutter and go into limp mode. No check engine light or issues until this happens. Check engine codes read, multiple cylinder misfire. All symptoms point to hpfp.

Filed Mar 19, 2015 · Fuel system · 35,000 miles · MA

Car taken to dealer for rough idle and poor performance. Told that issue was with fuel coils. Paperwork states that coils need to be replaced. Deferred as one of the could had already been replaced. On way home car began to emit white smoke. Car unable to accelerate. High pressure fuel pump already replaced. High risk for accident for ultimately turned out to be 5 failed fuel injectors. Bmw knows about this issue but will not address for recall. This is not an uncommon occurrence per multiple web searches.

Filed Mar 20, 2014 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 97,000 miles · MA

Was traveling on i290, at about 70mph, when I needed more acceleration to pass a truck... The car started to shake, the engine service soon light came on, and it was flashing. The car was slowing down very quickly, I was unable to gain more speed, nor even maintain speed, I had to rush to the breakdown lane, all the way from the left lane. There was a barrier on the left lane, so parking on the left would have been too dangerous. I stopped by autozone, they scanned my car... The scan reported: cylinder 4,5,6 misfire. The car drove fine after I turned it off, and back on... But, every time I accelerate fast, the engine misfires very very bad. I would loose to a honda civic on a race.

Filed Oct 17, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 65,000 miles · NJ

My model car has a recall on the fuel injectors. My vehicle's fuel injectors have misfired and have cause the check engine light to remain on in my car. I have contacted bmw several times about this issue. They have told me multiple stories as to why they will not honor my car under this recall. One reason they give is my VIN #, even though my car is the same make and model as the recall with the same issue. Then they say my car is out of warranty. I thought the purpose of a recall is that it repairs your car even if it's out of warranty. I have spent over hundreds of dollars trying to correct this problem, and the problem still exists. Bmw will not reimburse me or fix the car under the recall that I know my car falls under. The recall is even listed on my failed dmv inspection report, and they are still not cooperating. Is there something you can do? My car will not pass inspection, and it's the only car I have.

Filed Dec 18, 2011 · Engine, Fuel system · 49,000 miles · AZ

Vehicle oil temp was just under 250. Vehicle shakes when accelerating on the highway or on an incline. Engine light comes on and you can feel the vehicle misfiring in the gas peddle. Vehicle continues to shake in park. Dealer advised to turn the vehicle off and let it sit for 30 min before driving again. Seems to be a temporary fix until the engine temp increases to just under 250 or driving on a incline on the hwy. Previously had no issues with this vehicle until dealer replaced a hfp (recall notice) during an oil change. This will be the third complaint about this issue since 11/23/11 that the dealer has not been able to fix. Previously been told injectors were malfunctioning due to programming and also bad gas. I have always used premium 91+ oct gas. Recently the dealer put in a fuel additive and advised me to use shell or chevron premium gas in the future. I drove out the fuel additive tank, no issues and refueled at shell using premium 91 power v. Forty five minutes later, my vehicle began to shake on the hwy once again and my check engine light came on. I was forced to suddenly slow down on the highway to a speed / gear where I wouldn't shake. Previous driving history in eu with no issues on the autobahn and the vehicle is a us spec. Once the vehicle was shipped to ca, I drove it to az (800 miles) with no issues and continued to drive the car until sept when I had my oil changed and my hfp replaced. My first long hwy drive since the oil change / hfp was replaced, we encountered this issue.

Filed Nov 5, 2009 · Electrical, Fuel system · 26,425 miles · WA · fire

Bmw 335xi fire burned car total loss after driving 1/4 mile. Vehicle was at bmw days earlier with a complaint of rough idle/reduced power. Told engine faults would be handled by software update. Fire burned two cars with a small explosion and 15 foot flames.