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Car stalled multiple times while driving. Each time it was a sudden death while driving. Every time got lucky that I was not followed by a truck and no one hit me from behind. Dealer replaced engine earlier, diesel pump and now dealer said reported all injectors failed. History: 1/5/17 - car stalled while in motion on city street - speed 30/hr 3/3/17 - car stalled again while in motion on highway - 50/hr 5/20/17 - check engine light - no stalling 5/31/17 - car stalled - on city street at red light. 2/13/18 - car stalled while driving - speed 50/hr 3/1/18 - car stalled - speed 15/hr - after stopping and starting at red light in city street. Downhill. No break. Started rolling down. Used hand brake. 3/7/18 - car stalled while driving in snow city street - speed 25 /hr repairs: 5/23/17 - egr cooler, injectors replaced 5/31 - 6/18 - car was at dealer and engine, intake manifold replaced. 2/13/18 - diesel pump replaced. 3/7/18 - car is with dealer - reports multiple injector failure
Car stalled multiple times while driving in the middle of the road while driving. Every time got luck and no one hit me from behind. Dealer replaced engine, diesel pump and now reported all injectors failed.
The belt on my car broke off and I had my car towed into the mechanic shop. Once it was looked at it was said to have jumped time and I had an engine malfunction that is a recall do to BMW. My engine is no longer working and I am left with paying a car note on a BMW that has an engine that jumped time and no longer working. This is a BMW recall and BMW should be held responsible for getting my engine replaced.
Since I had the car at 32K miles. The vehicle would give me the low oil light way before the oil change intervals of 15K. This ultimately lead to catastrophic engine failure. It spun a cam shaft bearing. This has lead to having to replacement of he entire engine with a used one.
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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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.
Water pumped failed after 40,400 miles only. The car was well maintained by dealer. The age of the car is 5 years and 6 months after purchase. Water pump failed during in town driving. Speed was under 30 miles/hr.
While driving the car the reduced power message came on, drove car for another 15 minutes home, at home in the driveway opened the hood and saw that the engine was glowing red on passenger side, very hot under the hood, within minutes flames ignited and black smoke came from under the hood. We ran for water hose and put out the fire. Vehicle now has multiple error messages due to damaged wire harness according to BMW dealer, wire harness will need to be replaced before full understanding of the condition of the car can be determined.
Engine shut off loss of power steering loss of ability to accelerate while driving on 7/27/17, our 2011 BMW 335I's ability to accelerate stopped, RPM increased but still in drive not in neutral. During loss of accelerate, power steering failed and was unable to pull off side of the road. This happened while vehicle was in motion on a busy city street. Had to put on hazards in middle of street.
The contact owns a 2011 BMW 335I coupe. While driving 70 mph, the vehicle began to lose power and the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was unable to restart and was towed to the contact's residence. The contact used a diagnostic tool that read that the valvetronic actuator failed and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 149,000.
November 25, 2016 approximately 17:44 (5:44 pm est) my 2011 BMW 335D stalled while driving. "engine malfunction reduced power" alert was on screen. I was able to re-start it, and continued on my way. This is a re-occurring dangerous problem with this car. BMW needs to fix this before somebody gets killed.
At 81,000 mile the catalytic converter failed. It is unclear whether this car had the catalytic converter replaced as part of the 2012 recall. The service engine soon (ses) light had come on.
The contact owns a 2011 BMW 335I. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and was able to restart the vehicle. In addition, the engine temperature warning light illuminated. The contact noticed the engine coolant was still full. The failures recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the coolant unit and the battery failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V176000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 30,000.
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 NHTSA.
For 8 mos now, my car has been stalling. I have taken it in twice and they have not been able to replicate the problem. It happened again yesterday and I called but now it is not under warranty! it happens about 15-20 minutes into my morning commute, stop and go traffic on highway or expressway. Usually at a complete stop or rolling to a stop. It always starts right back up.
The contact owns a 2011 BMW 335. While driving 5 mph in approximately four inches of water, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine hydrolocked due to water entering the engine. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000.
In the short period of time I've owned my 2011 335xi, I have had to -have the tire pressure monitor reset to factory settings because it kept coming on even though my tires were fine. Disconcerting at best when you're a single woman commuting at high speeds every day on a turnpike in traffic. -continually replace burned out daytime running or rear brake bulbs -deal with an ongoing surge or lurching when I start from a stop, worse when the A/C is on, that repair shops still can't pinpoint -replace the front control arm bushings -replace the water pump and thermostat (and worry about possible engine damage from the overheated engine; car had to be towed on my way home from work) -replace the starter -replace the engine tension belt -I will soon have to replace leaking oil filter housing gasket -and I have a probable radiator leak, as I'm refilling coolant approximately every 4 weeks (to the point where I keep a gallon of it in my trunk, with a funnel, for when the light comes on) to date, in the two years I've owned this vehicle (I bought it off-lease), I've already spent almost $5,000 on what should be completely unnecessary repairs for a high-end vehicle.
The vehicle stalled while accelerating through an intersection and stranded me in the intersection. I was unable to restart the car at first. It would not even crank. After several minutes of attempting to restart the car it finally responded and started. It stalled 4 more times driving a short distance to get the vehicle off the road. Car went in for service Thursday the 31th and was returned to me Saturday the 1st of August. Stalling issue is back and the car is now being towed in for service again. This is an extremely dangerous issue. There was another 335D in for service at the dealer also experiencing stalling issues!!!!!
While accelerating from a stop into traffic, the charge pipe leading from turbo to engine ruptured causing a dangerous loss of power which resulted in a near collision. BMW uses plastic for the charge pipe which is easily cracked under normal turbo boost loads.
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- Temple Hills, MD, USA