Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2008 record →
I WAS GOING APPROX. 65MPH IN 5TH GEAR IN MY 2008 BMW 135I COUPE WHEN THE CAR STUTTERED AND I GOT A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT. BROUGHT MY CAR TO BMW SERVICE AND MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY FUEL PUMP AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR ONLY HAS AROUND 5000 MILES ON IT. *TR
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Full record for the 2008 BMW 135i → · Every 135i year → · How the figures are calculated →