2007 BMW 335i complaints

I PURCHASED THESE GENERAL TIRES FROM TIRERACK.COM SEVERAL YEARS AGO THEY ARE RATED TREAD LIFE OF APPROX 40K MILES. A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED BY MY TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS I HAD A SLOW LEAK IN MY FRONT LEFT TIRE. I REMOVED THE ENTIRE WHEEL TO INSPECT FOR TIRE DAMAGE OR CRACKS, AND WAS APPALLED TO FIND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE TREAD HAD SPLIT FROM THE SIDEWALL THE ENTIRE WAY AROUND. THIS IS QUITE DANGEROUS I HAD NO IDEA I COULD HAVE HAD A BLOW OUT AT ANY TIME. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS TIRE WAS IN THIS CONDITION. I HAD APPROX 25K MILES ON THE TIRES. I IMMEDIATELY ORDERED NEW FRONT TIRES AND DID NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL REPLACED. I AM SEEKING REPLACEMENT TIRE FROM GENERAL HOWEVER THEY DO NOT SEEM VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS ISSUE. THE GUYS AT TIRE KINGDOM WHO CHANGED THE TIRES CONFIRMED IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING ON A TIRE IN THAT CONDITION. THEY ALSO SAID IT'S LIKELY A DEFECTIVE GENERAL TIRE. GENERAL OFFERED TO REPLACE BASED ON REMAINING LIFE BUT WOULD LIKELY FIND AN EXCUSE BASED ON WEAR PATTERN AND BLAME USAGE. THE OTHER FRONT TIRE SAME BRAND, SIZE AND WEAR DID NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ON MY CAR HAVE QUICK WORKING AND THE ONLY WAY TO ENTER OR EXIT THE CAR IS THROUGH THE DRIVER DOOR USING THE MANUAL KEY FOB. PASSENGER DOORS ARE INOPERABLE FROM BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. THIS PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. *TR

THE CAR STALLED AND LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON . ROUGH IDLING. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED SEPTEMBER 2011. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED OCT 26, 2011. BOTH TIMES THE CAR STALLED AND LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ME AND OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 335I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ATTEMPT TO SHUT OFF. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

MY BMW LOST POWER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.IT WAS IN BMW SERVICE FOR 6 WEEKS DISCOVERED A PROBLEM WITH MANIFOLD "LEAKING OIL AND NO POWER TO TWIN TURBO. FACTORY MAN COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. THEY HAD TO TEAR DOWN THE ENGINE FINALLY AFTER WE WERE LOSING OUR PATIENCE TO FINALLY "FIND THE PROBLEM". THIS WAS WHEN THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW. HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TRIPS TO BMW SERVICE FOR STALLING AND LOSS OF POWER ON THE ROAD. HAVE HAD TO RESET THE"CARS' "SYSTEM AGAIN ON 2 OCCASIONS.BMW DID EXTEND THE SERVICE WARRANTY ON THE TURBO AND FUEL PUMP. TONIGHT HAD COMPLETE POWER FAILURE ON HIGHWAY. HAD TO STOP AND START AND GO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.CAR LIMPED HOME INTO THE GARAGE. IM SURE MY TRIP TO THE BMW SERVICE STATION WILL BE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY SINCE THEY TELL ME THE CAR IS FINE. THERE MUST BE SOME ISSUE WITH THE TWIN TURBO ENGINE. *TR

CAR SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER AND DISPLAYS "ENGINE MALFUNCTION REDUCED POWER OUTPUT." THIS IS SCARY AND UPSETTING WHEN DRIVING ON HOUSTON HIGHWAYS WITH 18 WHEELERS PASSING YOU. YOU NEED TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, RESTART THE CAR, AND THE WARNING GOES AWAY, THE POWER COMES BACK AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN AND WHERE THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. VERY UNSAFE AND DISTURBING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 335I. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE AIR BAG SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A SECOND TIME FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

RED STEERING WHEEL WITH PADLOCK IN THE DASH. DOESN'T GO AWAY AT ALL. COST SEVERAL THOUSAND TO FIX. CAR WON'T START SOMETIMES OTHERS IT WILL BUT STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T LOCK. SEARCHED ONLINE AND TONS OF OTHER 2006-2007 BMW OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM THEY STARTED KEEPING ALL THE PARTS ION STOCK. I EVEN SPOKE TO A DEALERSHIP THAT SAYS THEY HAVE 2 CARS A WEEK FOR THIS; ABSOLUTELY INSANE FOR ONE DEALERSHIP. ITS A WELL KNOWN DEFAULT BUT NOT RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. IF THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TO LOCK WHILE SOMEONE WAS DRIVING IT COULD BE FATAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 335I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT ONLY THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD OPEN FROM THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 11/29/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED, CAUSING ALL THE OTHER DOORS TO REMAIN LOCKED AND INOPERABLE. UPDATED 12/07/11

MY VEHICLE IS 2007 BMW 335I. ON 7/3/11, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT "ENGINE MALFUNCTION- REDUCED POWER" WAS ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE SPEED TO ABRUPTLY REDUCE SPEED TO AROUND 20-30MPH. I HAD TO ACTIVATE HAZARD LIGHTS AND LIMP OFF INTERSTATE WHILE CAR WAS BUCKING, COUGHING, AND SPUTTERING. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE SUDDEN SLOW DOWN MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSIER INTERSTATE. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A BMW CENTER WHERE THEY CLAIMED THEY REMOVED SOME SAND FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. BMW WANTED TO BLAME THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, BUT REALIZED IT WAS REPLACED 3 WEEKS EARLIER DUE TO A RECALL, ALONG WITH AN "UPDATING" OF THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT SOFTWARE AND REPLACING SOME INJECTORS. I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE UNTIL AFTER THESE RECALL "FIXES." THE CARE NOW LOSES POWER AND HAS TURBO ACCELERATION LAG. THESE SAME DANGEROUS ENGINE ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED ANOTHER 5 SINCE THE "FIX", ONLY A MONTH AGO. THIS IS A KNOWN BMW DEFECT! THIS VERY SAME ISSUE APPEARED QUITE OFTEN TO A NUMBER OF 335I OR OTHER BMW MODELS USING THE SAME ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR TO THE 07 AND 08 MODELS. MANY CAR OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE HAPPEN AFTER THEIR FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED ONCE OR EVEN TWICE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS ISSUE AND IT POSES AS A TREMENDOUS DANGER FOR BMW DRIVERS WITH THIS SPECIFIC ENGINE SINCE YOU CANNOT BE CERTAIN WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL RE-OCCUR. A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED RECENTLY IN CALIFORNIA

COMPONENT: LOCKING SYSTEM DRIVER-SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED TO UNLOCK WHEN USING THE REMOTE ON THE KEY. REPLACED BLOWN FUSE. A DAY LATER SAME PROBLEM SURFACED, ONLY THIS TIME ALL 4 DOORS ARE NOT UNLOCKING (FIRST PUSH OF THE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE SHOULD UNLOCK DRIVER DOOR ONLY; SECOND PUSH OF BUTTON UNLOCKS THE OTHER 3 PASSENGER DOORS. REPLACED TWO BLOWN FUSES (#56 AND #57). PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, BUT ONLY FOR A DAY OR TWO. LONG-TERM FIX IS TO REPLACE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ON ALL FOUR DOORS ACCORDING TO BMW'S OWN SERVICE BULLETIN. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO OPEN MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE WHEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THEM. IN MY CASE, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR BY PULLING THE HANDLE ONCE TO UNLOCK, AND A SECOND TIME TO OPEN. THIS PROCEDURE DID NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER DOOR. I HAVE PURCHASED AN EMERGENCY HAMMER TO BREAK THE WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE IN CASE THIS HAPPENS AFTER AN ACCIDENT. ADDITIONAL INFO: THE GAS DOOR ALSO FAILS TO OPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. ONE HAS TO RELEASE THE GAS DOOR MANUALLY FROM INSIDE THE TRUNK.

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED ON ALL FOUR DOORS. COULD NOT UNLOCK ANY PASSENGER DOOR UNTIL FUSE INSIDE GLOVE BOX WAS REPLACED. DRIVER COULD EXIT THE DRIVERS DOOR BY MANUALLY LIFTING DOOR HANDLE. NO APPARENT MEANS TO OPEN ANY PASSENGER DOORS (OR GAS DOOR COVER) UNTIL THE FUSE WAS REPLACED. HAD THERE HAVE BEEN A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, THAT OCCUPANT WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB OVER CONSOLE AND EXIT THE DRIVERS DOOR TO EVEN ALLOW ACCESS TO THE FUSE PANEL. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE IN THIS VEHICLE AND BASED ON MY ONLINE RESEARCH, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. IF THIS PROBLEM WERE TO OCCUR AND THEN AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED, IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NONE OF THE PASSENGERS COULD EXIT RAPIDLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 335I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND ACCELERATING THE CONTACT FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS AND TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE OF THE VIBRATION. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIRS WERE NOT MADE BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE MADE THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD AN AFTER MARKET WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY ONE OF THEIR INSPECTORS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

BMW 335I INTERIOR DOORS WERE LOCKED DUE TO ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION/FAILURE OF THE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM. I HAD TO UNROLL THE WINDOWS AND CRAWL OUT AND PULL MY KIDS OUT OF THE BACK SEATS THROUGH THE WINDOWS. IF THIS WERE AN ACCIDENT, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE INJURIES AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF THE CAR. ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE THIS IS A SERIAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILING RESULTING IN MY VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF AND NOT START. I'M VERY AFRAID THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHILE ON A VACATION TRIP WITH FAMILY. *TR

2007 BMW 335I (BUILD DATE 11/06): CAR DISPLAYS "ENGINE MALFUNCTION" AND ENGINE POWER IS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR PREDICTABILITY. TURNING CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING RESETS EVERYTHING AND THEN THE CAR WILL RUN NORMALLY UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE OF "ENGINE MALFUNCTION." BMW DEALERSHIP HAS CHECKED ENGINE FAULT CODES AND BELIEVES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO PREMATURE WEAR OF THE "CAMSHAFT BEARING LEDGE." I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED AND NOW THE CAR IS BEHAVING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY BUT BMW IS NOW CLAIMING ANOTHER ENGINE FAULT (CAMSHAFT BEARING LEDGE) AS THE SOURCE OF THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ENGINE POWER LOSS. I HAVE OWNED BMWS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER AS DISAPPOINTED WITH A CAR AS I HAVE WITH THIS ONE. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE ENGINE IN THIS CAR IS SO UNRELIABLE (UNPREDICTABLE POWER LOSS DUE TO MULTIPLE REASONS... NOT JUST THE FUEL PUMP) THAT IT PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR BMW 335I OWNERS AS WELL AS OTHER MOTORISTS. *TR

2007 BMW 335I SEDAN PURCHASED USED FROM DEALER WITH 51,000 MILES. ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER, FUEL SYSTEM FAILED ON INTERSTATE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH HIGH RISK OF ACCIDENT AND INJURY. CAR TOWED TO DEALER FOR ANALYSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF FUEL PUMP, KEPT FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. ONE MONTH LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER COST OF REPAIR BUT SAID THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE. DROVE CAR VERY MINIMAL OVER LAST TWO MONTHS, NOW CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE TO MORE THAN 50 MPH AND SHUDDERS DRAMATICALLY. RESEARCHED RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS REVEALED A LONG HISTORY OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS DESCRIBING MY EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES. PROCEEDING WITH VERY COSTLY REPAIR BUT APPREHENSIVE ABOUT RESULT, SAFETY AND DEPENDABILITY OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE FUEL SYSTEM IN ORDER AVOID POTENTIALLY FATAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

DOOR LOCKS FAILED USING KEY FOB OR BUTTON ON DASH. FOLLOWED SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPLACE FUSE, BUT PROBLEM KEEPS REAPPEARING. PASSENGER DOOR INOPERATIVE EVEN AFTER FUSE REPLACED AND OTHER DOORS WORKING. *TR

BMW 3 SERIES AND ALSO OTHER SERIES WITH RUN FLAT TIRES HAVE AN ISSUE THAT WITH AN AVERAGE BUMP LIKE A MANHOLE COVER THE WHEEL WILL CRACK. I HAVE REPLACED 3 SO FAR ON MY 2007 335I AT MY COST. AFTER RESEARCH I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH BMW DENYING IT WAS THE WHEEL. THE CAR HAS 45,000+/- MILES ON IT. WHEN BROUGHT IN DUE TO RAPID AIR LOSS BMW STATES IT WAS THE DRIVING CONDITIONS NOT THEIR WHEEL. I DRIVE ON MOSTLY HIGHWAY ROADS AND SECONDARY ROADS TO MY HOUSE. I HAVE NEVER HIT ANY KIND OF POTHOLE OR CURB THAT WOULD CAUSE AN ALLOY RIM TO BE CRACKED. IN ALL 3 INSTANCES, THE CRACK IS EXACTLY THE SAME AND THE REPLACEMENT FOR THIS DAMAGE IS IN EXCESS OF $500 FOR THE RIM. IN TWO OF THE INSTANCES, I HAD TO GET A NEW RUN FLAT TIRE AS WELL AT A COST OF $400 A PIECE. ALL THREE OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 5 MONTHS!! *TR

ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. WITHIN 1 MILE THE REDUCED POWER INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. SHUTOFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. DEALER REPLACED PUMP UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

REDUCED POWER INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON DASH. SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED. AT TIME OF EVENT, OWNER WAS 160 MILES FROM RESIDENCE. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY ALBEIT WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER THE NEXT MORNING AND PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS DEFECTIVE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAID WHEN FUEL PUMP FAILED PREVIOUSLY (ON MARCH 11, 2010) THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS THE PREDECESSOR PART NUMBER. *TR

THE CAR STARTED NORMALLY BUT WITHIN A MILE IT BEGAN TO SHUDDER ABOVE ~2.5K RPM. I GOT TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. LATER THAT DAY SOON AFTER LEAVING THE PARKING LOT THE CAR DIED AT A STOP SIGN. SES AND OTHER LIGHTS CAME ON. I STARTED IT UP AND IT IMMEDIATELY DIED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY UNTIL I FOUND THAT IF I GAVE IT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF GAS AND KEPT IT UNDER A CERTAIN RPM I COULD OPERATE WITH VERY LIMITED POWER. THAT COMBINED WITH THE FACT IT WAS LARGELY DOWNHILL AND NOT VERY FAR TO MY HOUSE ALLOWED ME TO GET HOME SAFELY. I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY (KEEPING IT WELL UNDER 2.5K RPM TO DO SO) AND THEY REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. *TR

LONG CRANKING BEFORE MY 07 BMW 335I STARTS. ENGINE LOSES POWER AND GOES INTO LIMP HOME MODE! DEALER REPROGRAMMED MY VEHICLE,BUT NOW IT HAS NO POWER! IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF TURBO LAG AT THE LOWER REV RANGE! *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN 2007 BMW 335I CONVERTIBLE @ 36K MILES. CAR WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL, 2010 WITH 32K MILES. *TR

HIGH POWER FUEL PUMP FAILURE ON 2007 BMW 335I SEDAN. VEHICLE BEGAN EMITTING SMOKE OUT THE BACK, AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. ON A LATER RESTART THE ENGINE COULD NOT STAY RUNNING. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. HPFP WAS REPLACED AND INJECTORS WERE REPLACED, ECU SOFTWARE UPDATED. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS 2007 MODEL BMW 335I COUPE. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY 405 GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES PER HOUR. THEN SUDDENLY AN ENGINE WARNING LIGHT "ENGINE MALFUNCTION" SIGN COMES UP WHICH LOWERS THE RPM AND THE SPEED OUTPUT OF THE ENGINE TO AROUND 30~ 40. I HAVE TO QUICKLY MERGE THE VEHICLE FROM THE INNER LANES TO THE RIGHT GOING ONTO THE CURB SINCE THERE WAS NO CURB ON THE INNER LANES. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES AS I SLOWLY GUIDED MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF ON ITS OWN WITH STUTTERING SOUND AND ENGINE CRANKING. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE SUDDEN SLOW DOWN AND ENGINE SHUT OFF MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AND THE CARS BEHIND OR NEXT TO ME MIGHT EASILY HIT ME WITH TYPICAL FREEWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH. I CALLED THE TWO TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A BMW CENTER. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND BELIEVED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IS BAD AND WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP FOR ME. IT APPEARS TO BE THAT THIS VERY SAME ISSUE APPEARED QUITE OFTEN TO A NUMBER OF 335I OR OTHER BMW MODELS USING THE SAME ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR TO THE 07 AND 08 MODELS. MORE OVER, A LOT OF THE CAR OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED TO THEM EVEN AFTER THEIR FUEL PUMP REPLACED ONCE OR EVEN TWICE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE FIX FOR SUCH ISSUE AND IT POSES AS A TREMENDOUS DANGER FOR BMW DRIVERS WITH THIS SPECIFIC ENGINE SINCE YOU CANNOT BE CERTAIN WHEN HE PROBLEM WILL RE-OCCUR. SIMILAR COMPLAINS HAVE BEEN FILE

CAR STALLING AND NO POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. NO POWER TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS MAKING A U TURN, CARS WAS COMING AT ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND I COULDN'T GET POWER TO ACCELERATE. TRIED PULLING OVER SAFELY. CAR WAS OOZING POWER AND CANT RESTART NORMALLY. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY 3RD HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAIL IN THE 3.5 YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED MY CAR. ALL THREE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW SINCE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN MY MODEL. ALMOST EVERYONE PEOPLE IN MY CAR CLUB WITH A 2007 OR 2008 MODEL YEAR 335I HAS HAD THEIR HPFP REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. THE CAR BREAKS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND GENERALLY WHEN COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON FAILURE, THE ENGINE WARNS OF MALFUNCTIONS AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE IN A "LIMP" MODE, OFTEN STALLING WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP...SHUDDERING DURING THE DRIVE UNTIL I AM ABLE TO BRING TO A DEALERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT ALL THREE FAILURE HAVE OCCURRED DURING LOW SPEEDS AND STALLING OCCURRING AT STOP LIGHTS AND NOT DURING HIGH SPEED OPERATION. IF IT WASN'T FOR MY BMW ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON ONE OF THE THREE OCCASIONS. BMW KNOWS THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO RECALL. THEY HAVE ISSUED DEALER SERVICE BULLETINS AND HAVE INCREASED THE WARRANTY ON THE HPFP REPLACEMENTS FOR 100,000 MILES. HOWEVER, A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY DOES NOT FIX REPLACING THE HPFP EVERY FEW MONTHS (MY 2ND IN 4 MONTHS). BMW MUST ISSUE A RECALL AS THIS IS DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS THEIR IS NO SYMPTOMS FOR THE IMPENDING MALFUNCTION AND THERE IS NO USER ERROR. *TR

2007 BMW 335I HPFP FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY CAR STALLED AND CAME TO A STOP AS I ROLLED OFF THE SHOULDER. A SECOND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IS INDICATING THAT ITS GOING TO FAIL AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING IT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 16,000MILES AND DEALER REFUSE TO SWAP THE PUMP UNTIL THERE IS ACTUALLY FAILURE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EXHIBITED ALL THE SIGNS THAT THE PUMP IS ABOUT TO FAIL AGAIN. THEY ONLY PROVIDED ME A SOFTWARE UPDATE. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND AS A RESULT AM NOT DRIVING THIS CAR LONG DISTANCES OR ON THE HIGHWAY.. I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME AUTHORITIES STEP UP AND FORCE BMW TO DEAL WITH THIS VERY SERIOUS VEHICLE HAZARD, WHICH THEY ARE ABUNDANTLY AWARE OF, BUT REFUSE TO DO NOTHING ABOUT. *TR

LONG CRANKS TO START UP ENGINE AND MISFIRES UPON COLD START UP ALMOST EVERY DAY. OFTEN GETS CEL BUT DEALER DENIES WARRANTY/RECALL WORK ON HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP HEREON) BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE EXACT CODE THEY ARE SEEKING FOR. THEY CONFIRMED THE SYMPTOM BUT "UNLESS CAR BREAKS DOWN ON THE ROAD OR GET THE EXACT CODE, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE FAILED PART". BASICALLY SAYING THEY WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY RESOLVE PROBLEM UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED TO. HPFP FAILURE ON BMW N54 ENGINE PLATFORM IS ALREADY WELL KNOWN FACT HENCE BMW PUT EXTENDED WARRANTY ON HPFP. BUT IT'S NOT A RECALL AND MANY TIMES DEALER DENIES TO REPLACE ALTHOUGH THEY CONFIRM THE SYMPTOM AND POSSIBLE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILED PARTS ON VEHICLES. ALL THEY DID WAS UPDATING THE DME PROGRAM THAT SUPPOSEDLY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT LONG CRANK STILL HAPPENS EVERYDAY. *TR

I OWN A 2007 BMW 335I. A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER A SERVICE ISSUE FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM, MY VEHICLE DASH DISPLAY WENT HAYWIRE AND SHOWED AN ENGINE PROBLEM. I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT SPEED AND SUDDENLY NO POWER. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ME. IT WAS ALSO DIFFICULT TO GET OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A FAILED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. AFTER SOME RECENT RESEARCH I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE, YET THERE HAVE BEEN NO MANDATORY RECALLS, MERELY REPLACEMENTS PUMP THAT IN MANY CASES FAILS AGAIN. I SEE THIS AS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE THAT IS WAITING TO OCCUR GIVEN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

THE BMW 335I HAS PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURES WHICH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY BMW N/A WITH A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART FOR 10 YEARS OR 120K MILES. MY BMW 335I HAS HAD 3 FUEL PUMP FAILURES IN 24,000 MILES, EACH TIME THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY STALLED LEAVING ME STRANDED IN VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIOS. THE MOST RECENT TIME I WAS STRANDED ON A BUSY ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER WHICH MY SAFETY WAS JEOPARDIZED BY THIS CARS DEFAULT. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT BMW N/A HAVE BEEN MADE, TO NO AVAIL. *TR

HI, I PURCHASED A 2007 CERTIFIED PRE OWNED BMW 335I FROM WEATHERFORD BMW IN BERKELEY, CA JUST ONE WEEK AGO. SINCE THE PURCHASE, I HAVE HAD AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION, LOSS OF POWER LIGHT COME UP OVER 10 TIMES. IT ALWAYS COMES UP WHEN I ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT LEADS TO A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POWER, VIBRATION OF THE CAR, AND CAUSES ME TO GO SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. I AM AFRAID THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL ON ME AND THAT SUDDENLY DROPPING THE SPEED WILL RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS PARTICULARLY RIDICULOUS THAT THIS WAS LABELED A "CERTIFIED" CAR WHEN IT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS THE VERY NEXT DAY. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT REPAIRED AND THEY CLAIM THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PRIOR TO TAKING IT IN, I NOTICED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN ON SEEMED TO "RESET" IT AND MAKE THE LIGHT GO AWAY. STILL NO PEACE OF MIND WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM AWAITING REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET HAS LEFT ME PESSIMISTIC THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

FAILED HPFP FOR THE 3RD TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAILED WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 BMW 335I. CAR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE IN THE FAST LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE REAR END COLLISIONS! *TR

HPFP FAILED FOR THE 2ND TIME IN MY 2007 BMW 335I. *TR

OWNER OF A 2007 BMW 335I COUPE. NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH ROUGH IDLES AND LONG CRANKS AT START-UP. AS TIME WENT BY, THE LONG CRANKS AND ROUGH IDLES BECAME MORE FREQUENT. WHILE DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY VIA FREEWAY ON RAMP, FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE I WAS MERGING AND ENGINE WAS CUT TO HALF POWER "LIMP-MODE." CAR HAD SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI THAT WAS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO SHUTTER. MY BMW STARTED TO SLOW DESPITE ME DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NOT A GOOD SPOT TO STOP. BMW ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT ONCE BY UPDATING THE CAR'S SOFTWARE. HOWEVER, THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP. IT TOOK TWO SERVICE SESSIONS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

HAD A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAILURE WHILE DRIVING WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE (REDUCED ENGINE POWER) WHILE DRIVING. THIS LIMP MODE IS POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY, MERGING, PASSING, OR AROUND TOWN DRIVING AND YOU GET THIS LIMP MODE YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT RESPONDING AS YOU, OR OTHER DRIVERS, WOULD EXPECT. SYMPTOMS OF THIS ISSUE ARE LONG STARTING CRANK PERIODS BEFORE THE VEHICLE TURNS OVER. BMW HAS KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS YET HAVE NOT SPENT THE APPROPRIATE EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD TWO HPFP FAILURES IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS (MAY 2009 AND FEB 2010). *TR

PROBLEM WITH LOST ENGINE POWER IN MY 2007 MODEL BMW 335I CONVERTIBLE CAR FIVE TIMES IN 2009. ONE INSTANCE INVOLVED A FUEL LINE SEPARATION ON AN EXPRESSWAY OUTSIDE CHICAGO. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO BMW DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED. POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES WERE REPLACED. BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. FINALLY, THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL INJECTION PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE WARRANTY ON IT WAS EXTENDED TO 100,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE RESOLVED. *TR

CAR SUDDENLY LOSS ANY POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR WAS SHAKING AND UNABLE TO GAIN SPEED. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILING ON BMW 335I. *TR

2007 BMW 335I -HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE- CAR IS ON ITS FOURTH PUMP (ORIGINAL PLUS THREE REPLACEMENTS) IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS AND 30,000 MILES. FIRST FAILURE AFTER 8 MONTHS AND 7,300 MILES. FIRST FAILURE WAS ON HIGHWAY 66 BETWEEN ARLINGTON AND MCLEAN VIRGINIA AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAS SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AT 25 MONTHS AND 20,900 MILES AND AGAIN AT 35 MONTHS AND 29,200 MILES. *TR

DRIVING HOME MY 2007 BMW 335 ALL OF SUDDEN LOST HORSE POWER. ERROR MESSAGE STATED "ENGINE MALFUNCTION-REDUCED POWER". THIS OCCURRED ON AN ENTRY TO AN EXPRESSWAY WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT OBVIOUS THE DANGERS THAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PULL OVER AND LIMP TO NEXT EXIT. THE DEALER SHIP STATED THE PROBLEM WAS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) THE IS THE 2ND TIME THE HPFP HAS BEEN REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 38K MILES. I DID FURTHER RESEARCH AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. BMW NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE ANYONE GETS INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

2007 335I FUEL PUMP IS FAILING ON THE ROAD. MY MESSAGE SAYS "ENGINE MALFUNCTION REDUCED POWER" ON THE ROAD. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. *TR

ON SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 2010, THE DOOR ACTUATORS OF MY 2007 BMW 335I BLEW OUT A FUSE. AS A RESULT, NONE OF THE DOORS WERE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED, EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE CAR'S KEY FOB COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DASH WOULD NOT WORK. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN ANY OF THE DOORS MANUALLY. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY A PASSENGER COULD HAVE EXITED THE CAR, EXCEPT BY CLIMBING THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OR BY CLIMBING OUT THE WINDOWS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND PRESENTS PARTICULAR DANGERS TO DISABLED PASSENGERS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED FOR 2007 3-SERIES VEHICLES ON THE WEB. SEE HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/BMW/335I/LATCH,+LOCK+AND+LINKAGE AND HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/BMW/328I/LATCH,+LOCK+AND+LINKAGE. THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE REPRESENTS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=3V04L-ISYCS. I UNDERSTAND THAT BMW HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR DEALERS REGARDING THE PROBLEM. DEALERS FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY BY CHANGING THE FUSE. STAFF AT BMW SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR (CERTIFIED USED) SIX WEEKS AGO, TOLD ME TODAY (MAY 19, 2010) THAT EVEN WITH A NEW FUSE, THE PROBLEM COULD RECUR. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT BMW HAS WILLFULLY REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FUSE BOX IS LOCATED IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT INSIDE THE CAR. WERE THE DOOR ACTUATORS TO CAUSE A FIRE AND THE PASSENGER DOORS INCAPABLE OF BEING OPENED, PASSENGERS COULD VERY WELL SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES OR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN 2007 BMW E90 (SEDAN) 335I. DRIVABILITY ISSUES DUE TO VERY ROUGH ENGINE IDLE AND TROUBLE GETTING CAR RESTARTED. *TR

FIRST TIME ABOUT FOUR MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND LOST ABOUT 50% POWER. NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO BMW DEALER AND THE CIL WAS GONE. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. TODAY WHEN I DROVE ON HIGHT WAY AT ABOUT 65 M/H, CIL ON AGAIN AND THE CAR LOSS POWER, I THINK THERE IS A SAFTY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON HIGHWAY. THE CAR DID NOT STOP OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT READING ARTICLES ABOUT OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEMS WHERE CAR STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SCARES ME TO DEATH.

PURCHASED A USED 2007 BMW 335I. WITHIN 2 WEEKS CAR WOULD SHAKE AND WOULD LOSE POWER AT HIGHER RPM. ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, BUT NOT BE PRESENT ON RESTART. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. DEALER BLAMED IT ON FUEL QUALITY HOWEVER I FOLLOWED MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDED OCTANE RATINGS. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT DEALERSHIP HAS HAD MASSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL PUMP ON THIS MODEL TURBO ENGINE. *TR