Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 11/22/2010 | |||
| I was accelerating up a hill on the highway and my car just lost power. | |||
| 10/11/2010 | 8614 | ||
| Acceleration for the vehicle was reduced by more than 50%. 0-60 mph was approximately 15 seconds. at least the vehicle was drievable. no warning, no indicator. the warning message did show up the next day. | |||
| 09/03/2010 | 6600 | ||
| Recurrent engine failure secondary to high pressure fuel pump in brand new bmw 535i. first failure at 3000 miles; second failure after repair around 6600 miles. both failures without warning and severe loss of power in high speed traffic. | |||
| 08/30/2010 | 11000 | ||
| The vehicle suddenly shows an engine malfunction alert and then the power immediately slows down and then i had a minute to try and get off to the right on the freeway before the engine turned itself off. the vehicle was towed to the dealer and was told that it was the high powered fuel pump. there are numerous other people on the internet with the same experience. i am seven months pregnant and am grateful that i was able to get to the right side of the freeway. | |||
| 08/25/2010 | 9900 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 bmw 535i with 9900 miles. the contact received a letter from bmw stating that if the vehicle experienced a failure with the fuel pump they would replace it.the contact had experienced the failure while driving 45 mph. the contact had the fuel pump replaced, but when he called the manufacturer about more detailed information in the letter they would not provide it to him. bl | |||
| 05/08/2010 | 7500 | ||
| High pressure fuel pump malfunction/failure. | |||
| 04/25/2010 | 3100 | ||
| Our 2010 bmw 535 xi experienced a failed fuel pump. the car is was purchased new 4 month prior to the failure. the car had a total ~3100 miles when the failure occurred. when the failure occurred, the car lost all power including the power steering which caused a very serious safety issue as the car was in motion with little ability to steer it to safety. the car was towed to the closest dealership where the fuel pump was replaced with a new unit. | |||
| 03/02/2010 | 6411 | 2 | |
| Fuel pump on bmw 535i-2010 has failed twice in 60 days on low mileage car. safety issue occurs because car immediately loses power with no warning. the first time it happened we were in a shopping center garage so we were going slowly. second time it happened we were on the 101 heading east at high speed on an incline. lost power and luckily were able to move over to the shoulder with no incident. we were informed by dealer that this has been a continuing problem with this model. they have replaced it twice. the service manager said they have redesigned the fuel pump and hopefully this time it will work. i googled similar problems and found that there were a number of people reporting the safety issue of losing power rapidly. *tr | |||
| 02/13/2010 | 3050 | 1 | |
| Recurrent sudden stalling of vehicle multiple times, leading to loss of steering control, on a brand new bmw 535 xdrive with 3000 miles. the problem was fixed by changing the high pressure fuel pump, by the bmw dealership. i am not sure if this is widespread problem with bmw vehicles with dual turbo engines. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 04/25/2010 | 3100 | ||
| Our 2010 bmw 535 xi experienced a failed fuel pump. the car is was purchased new 4 month prior to the failure. the car had a total ~3100 miles when the failure occurred. when the failure occurred, the car lost all power including the power steering which caused a very serious safety issue as the car was in motion with little ability to steer it to safety. the car was towed to the closest dealership where the fuel pump was replaced with a new unit. | |||