Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL - CRANKCASE (PCV) | |||||
| SIB-11-03-08 | 12/01/2010 | 10038217 | Ready | 06/10/2011 | |
| SIB-11-03-08 | 12/01/2010 | 10038217 | Bmw: crankcase pressure diagnosis and information for all vehicles. *rm | 06/10/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 03/07/2012 | 58000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 bmw 335i coupe. the contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle began to lose power as the engine malfunction reduce power warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. the dealer was notified and advised the contact that she needed to turn the vehicle off for 15 minutes to correct the failure. the contact turned the vehicle off and allowed it to sit before restarting. the vehicle was restarted and functioned normally for several weeks before the failure recurred. the manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 58,000. | |||
| 03/07/2012 | 58000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 bmw 335i coupe. the contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle began to lose power as the engine malfunction reduce power warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. the dealer was notified and advised the contact that she needed to turn the vehicle off for 15 minutes to correct the failure. the contact turned the vehicle off and allowed it to sit before restarting. the vehicle was restarted and functioned normally for several weeks before the failure recurred. the manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 58,000. kmj | |||
| 03/07/2012 | 58000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 bmw 335i coupe. the contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle began to lose power and engine malfunction reduce power light illuminate on the instrument panel. the dealer was notified and they stated that she needed to turn the vehicle off for 15 minutes and the vehicle should be fine. the contact turned the vehicle off and let it sit before restarting it. the vehicle restarted and it functioned normally for a few weeks until the failure recurred. the manufacturer was notified but they provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 58,000. ap | |||
| 09/10/2012 | 20400 | 1 | |
| It is a very dangerous problem with this vehicle that bmwna is well aware of, but insists that it is normal behavior for my car/transmission. i brought the car into the dealer, and they were able to reproduce it, but they were told by bmw that this was normal behavior. the problem occurs when you slow down- like for a turn, but do not come to a complete stop. the dct transmission seems to have trouble figuring out what gear to select because when you step on the gas to accelerate, there is a very significant delay in the onset of power- up to 2-3 seconds. by this time, the driver is usually really digging into the throttle. the transmission finally picks a gear, which results in the car suddenly lurching forward, sometimes invoking the anti-skip control. the danger in this behavior occurs when making a turn into on-coming traffic after slowing down to around 10-15 mph. after the turn, the car is positioned in the traffic lane, but you have no power to accelerate into the flow of traffic. the oncoming cars are now closing in on your car at a fast rate, and you're basically stuck. this situation is most pronounced in the auto mode of the dct transmission, but also occurs to a lesser degree while in the manual mode when you select second gear in preparation for the turn. it is also very repeatable in both modes. these problems started occurring after a previous recall on this transmission where the engine would stall under hard braking or not shift under hard braking. the recall fixed that problem, but introduced this problem, which occurs almost every day whereas the previous problem only occurred during a specific situation. thank you for looking into this dangerous matter. *tr | |||
| 09/10/2012 | 20400 | ||
| It is a very dangerous problem with this vehicle that bmwna is well aware of, but insists that it is normal behavior for my car/transmission. i brought the car into the dealer, and they were able to reproduce it, but they were told by bmw that this was normal behavior. the problem occurs when you slow down- like for a turn, but do not come to a complete stop. the dct transmission seems to have trouble figuring out what gear to select because when you step on the gas to accelerate, there is a very significant delay in the onset of power- up to 2-3 seconds. by this time, the driver is usually really digging into the throttle. the transmission finally picks a gear, which results in the car suddenly lurching forward, sometimes invoking the anti-skip control. the danger in this behavior occurs when making a turn into on-coming traffic after slowing down to around 10-15 mph. after the turn, the car is positioned in the traffic lane, but you have no power to accelerate into the flow of traffic. the oncoming cars are now closing in on your car at a fast rate, and you're basically stuck. this situation is most pronounced in the auto mode of the dct transmission, but also occurs to a lesser degree while in the manual mode when you select second gear in preparation for the turn. it is also very repeatable in both modes. these problems started occuring after a previous recall on this transmission where the engine would stall under hard braking or not shift under hard braking. the recall fixed that problem, but introduced this problem, which occurs almost every day whereas the previous problem only occured during a specific situation. thank you for looking into this dangerous matter. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 03/12/2012 | 48000 | ||
| I buy my 2009 bmw 335i with 39,700 miles, full bmw service was done the same day, my next service was at 49,000 miles however at around 48,000 miles. when driving to work on the highway going 50mph i had to move over to the passing lane and when i attempted to accelerate about at 65mph the car stated to shake very bad and the engine light came on and i loss power had to slow down to 20-25mph could have cause an accident as i was in the faster lane and car slow down rapidly!! thank god i was able to move all the way over to the slower lane with little issue. after i pulled over i turned the car off and open the hood as my oil temp was just about at 250*, under hood temps was hot but not anything crazy, everything looks good so i started the car and it idle like normal and the engine light was now gone, i close the hood and was able to drive the car like normal, so i took the car to the local bmw dealer in my work area and they told me the issue i am having is cause by the hpfp high pressure fuel pump, so they reply it and everything seems normal for another 2,000 miles then i had the same issue again! this time i was heading home and it happened when i was trying to accelerate with moving traffic omg that was bad all most cause a major accident with all the cars, trucks behind me had to slow down rapidly .. was going 30mph and tried to speed up to 60 .. at around 45mph car loss power and was shaking worst than the first time this happened, engine light came on, again thank god i was able to pull over, i turn the car off and waited for 5-6min than turn it back on, this time the engine light remain on, my oil temp was around 190*, the car still idle and drive as normal even with the engine light on, took it to my local bmw dealer in my home area and they found this time is two bad injectors one at cylinder 1 and the other at cylinder 5 .cost of repair $1.1k | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 11/20/2010 | 25000 | ||
| 2009 bmw 335i has had engine run at half power numerous times. only once was it able to be taken to the dealership in time for them to retrieve any diagnostic information and act on it at that point in time, however it has suffered similar behavior since this point and supposedly they are unable to retrieve data, even within a week or two of the event occurring and state that nothing is wrong with it. the first time this happened i was making a left turn and was relying on the acceleration of the vehicle to make a turn at a reasonable speed prior to traffic arriving and the car simply gave out and reduced itself to half power (per the error on the screen). quite nearly got me in an accident. the fliing date on this is the most recent, to my knowledge, of the incident occurring. i wasn't aware of this site until now so it's possible the date is off by as much as 4-6 weeks. | |||
| 04/06/2010 | 7200 | 1 | |
| Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) i am the owner of a 2009 bmw 335i purchased august 2009. on april 6, 2010, i started the engine in the morning and was greeted with long cranks and the check engine light turned on with an error message of engine failure, reduced power. the car has been fine before this morning at 7,200 miles approx. i contacted the dealer and was told to bring it in. the car was still drivable. on the way to the dealership, the car stalled and completely lose power on the highway and on the inside street causing me to have to quickly put the gear in p and restart the car. i informed the dealer about the stall and engine failure but was met with no regards. the dealer informed me that it is a high performance fuel pump failure. please investigate the issue as i do not want to be driving on the highway and have the engine completely stall and shut down again. [xxx] *tr | |||