2008 BMW 528I: jerking or lurching

Filed Sep 29, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · CA · fire

The contact owns a 2008 BMW 528i. The contact stated while driving at 30 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle lunged forward and jerked significantly. The contact released the accelerator pedal and the failure stopped temporarily. The check engine warning light and an unknown warning light were illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring. The contact stated that whenever the failure occurred, she would veer to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle would restart on some occasions and would fail to restart on other occasions. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence where the battery was replaced. However, the failure persisted. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic on two occasions. The independent mechanic replaced the battery and fuses. However, the failure reoccurred. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, she smelled a strong burning odor and she noticed smoke in the rear of the vehicle. The contact veered to the side of the road, where she noticed flames on the rear driver's side of the vehicle where the gas tank was located. The contact immediately exited the vehicle. The contact also saw flames underneath the hood. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with the assistance of fire extinguishers and the fire department. A fire department was filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to the independent mechanic. The independent mechanic jumpstarted the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to her residence. The contact later received a recall notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 22V119000 (Engine And Engine Cooling), which she associated with the failure. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Apr 7, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 82,000 miles · VA

I live in the state of virginia. I have been experiencing the same issues with my 2008 bmw for about a month now. My coworker has the same year make and model, and is also experiencing or has experienced the same issues. We both have had our cars in the shop at the same time and the vehicles are now repaired. The issue with the vehicle is it begins to stall as driving which is dangerous in our area for traffic. The car will not pick up speed while driving and you can not go over 10 miles per hour. The car also jerks. The problems with both our vehicles were the same ; oil leak, a transmission leak, and a problem with the cylinders not working as connected to the spark plugs. As I previously stated this is an extremely dangerous driving conditions. And times when you need to accelerate the car stalls which almost causes the car behind you to run into you.the maintenance for my car was 3200 dollars at the dealership. My coworker took her car to an import repair shop and over the course of 2 times, she ended up spending about 1200 plus dollars. Please look into this matter as I don't think people are reporting it to the right authority.

Filed Apr 12, 2014 · Transmission · 71,000 miles · CA

For the past 8 months, my car, a 2008 bmw 528i slips out of drive (d) into park (p) as I was backing up & moving forward either from a parking position or as I begin to accelerate from a stop. *js the gear shift would go from (d) into (p) and cause the car to jerk to a rapid stop. It makes a horrible noise as it grinds to a stop. It requires me to put it back into park and turn it off sometimes and then start it again. I thought I might be doing something wrong until I read all these other posts so I haven't reported it til now. This creates a dangerous situation and I always start slow now fearful that it will jump into p at a higher rate of speed. I could be in a parking lot or anywhere, moving backward or forward when this happens.

Filed Feb 21, 2014 · 94,326 miles · NC

My 2008 528i has a delay in acceleration when making a turn into traffic. The car will start to shake and jerk as I lightly apply the gas pedal. The enigine light has come twice during an acoourence and then went out as I continued to drive. Just had the car at the dealership and they found no faults with the car or any codes. I find it to be a safety hazzard because as I stated before, I'm in traffic and as I turn left/right, im unable to move while the traffic behind me is apporaching.

Filed Jan 27, 2014 · Transmission · 65,000 miles · AL

For the past month, my car, a 2008 bmw 528 I (automatic) would slip out of reverse (r) into park (p) as I was accelerating backward from a dead stop. The steptronic gear shift mechanism would do this approximately 30% of the time, and cause the car to jerk to a stop. It would require me to put it back into drive and start again. Eventually as I keep driving and I'm at a stop light or sitting idle, the "transmission malfunction" message would pop up on my lcd and then the gear would go into neutral and stop driving all together. This created a dangerous situation, as sometimes I was in an intersection when this occurred. The gear shift mechanism is faulty!

Filed Sep 9, 2013 · Transmission · 56,000 miles · CT

For the past month, my car, a 2008 bmw 528 ix (automatic) would slip out of drive (d) into park (p) as I was accelerating forward from a dead stop. The electronic gear shift mechanism would do this approximately 10% of the time, and cause the car to jerk to a stop. It would require me to put it back into drive and start again. At first I thought I might be doing something wrong, so I didn't report it immediately. However, it kept happening. This created a dangerous situation, as sometimes I was in an intersection when this occurred. A few weeks later (before I had chance to take it in for service), the gear shift stopped working completely, and the car would not shift into gear at all. The gear shift mechanism is an electronic part, not a mechanical connection. I called bmw, and they said the part was not covered by any warranty or recall (the car was 5k miles out of warranty). I had to pay for the repair, a $1300 expense.