2007 BMW 3 Series Fuel System

2007 335I WENT SUDDENLY INTO A LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD. CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR-ENDED ME DUE TO THE SUDDEN SLOW DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND DRIVE INTO A PARKING LOT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. THEY HAVE PROMISED TO GET IT REPAIRED IN COUPLE OF DAYS. MY CAR JUST HAD 6000 MILES AND IT IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD. I SAW ON THE INTERNET THAT LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE WAY BACK FROM 2006. IF BMW WAS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, WHY DID THEY NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SELLING THE CAR? *TR

I PURCHASED MY BMW 335I FROM A COSTA MESA USED CAR DEALER. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS DISCLOSED TO ME AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS AT ONE TIME IN ITS LIFE, AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM THAT SO MANY OTHER 335I OWNERS ARE FACING. WHILE I DIDN'T PROVIDE THE VIN NUMBER, THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER 2006. THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR BROUGHT THE CAR INTO A CA BMW DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY BOUGHT BACK BY THE DEALERSHIP, REPAIRED, SENT TO AN AUCTION, WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM IN APRIL 2008. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE VEHICLE HAD 4000 MILES, SO THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED RATHER QUICKLY. *TR

APRIL 2007 BUILD BMW 335I COUPE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DUE TO FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. AFTER TAKING IT TO A BMW DEALER, IT WAS REPLACED AND PROBLEM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOLVED IN MY CAR. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS RELATIVELY COMMON AMONG 335I OWNERS AND IS VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE. A CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM IS PRONE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND THAT COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIO. IN MY CASE, BMW WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT REPLACING THE PART. BUT I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM IS LURKING IN THEIR CAR. THERE HAVE BEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS ON THE BMW ENTHUSIAST FORUMS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HESITATION OCCURRED OUT OF NOWHERE, CAR STARTED IDLING POORLY AND ENGINE REDUCED POWER CAME ON DASHBOARD, LIMP MODE, CAR SHUT OFF, TRIED TO RESTART AND IT RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR IDLED REALLY BAD WANTING TO SHUT OFF AT EVERY STOP, TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. CAR WAS 2 MONTHS OLD WITH ONLY 2,300 MILES ON IT. *TR

THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ON MY '08 BMW 335I FAILED. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF FAILURES OF THE FUEL PUMP ON THIS VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT IF THE PUMP HAD FAILED WHILE DRIVING IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

SLOW STARTING STARVING FOR GAS ALWAYS HAPPENS AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN OFF FOR OVERNIGHT. THIS LEADS TO THE CAR GOING INTO LIMP MODE THAT IS DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD. A COMMON ISSUE WITH DBW NEW 335 ENGINES, FUEL PUMPS HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MANY CARS EITHER NOT STARTING OR GOING INTO LIMP MODE. REPLACED WITH THE SAME PUMP THAT HAS FAILED IN MANY CARS FROM 2007 TO NOW 2008 MODELS. *TR

--1. CAR STARTED TO IDLE ROUGH WHEN STARTED FROM COLD. CAR WOULD SHAKE AT TRAFFIC STOPS AND OFTEN FEEL SLUGGISH DURING ACCELERATION. --2. HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. LIMP MODE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND COULD NOT BE STARTED AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK AS CAR SHUTS DOWN AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. --3. AFTER WAITING 32 DAYS, THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. BMW NORTH AMERICA CLAIMED NATIONAL BACKORDER ON THE PART. BMW KEPT THE FAILED FUEL PUMP. *TR

DROVE CAR NORMALLY - NO EXTRAORDINARY EVENT LEADING UP TO ISSUE. CAR THREW ENGINE ERROR AND RAN UNDER FORCED 'LIMP' MODE. TOOK TO DEALER - THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. *TR

FUEL PUMP FAILED A SECOND TIME. MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT # IS 10227599. EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS. *TR

FUEL PUMP COMPLETELY FAILED; CAR UNDRIVABLE, WOULD START AND THEN STALL 5-10 SECONDS LATER. INITIAL STALL OCCURRED PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ONTO A HIGHWAY. BMW TOWED THE CAR TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP & DIAGNOSED AS HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PUMP REPLACED, CAR OUT OF SERVICE FOR ~5 DAYS DURING REPAIR. OCCURRED WITH ~18K MILES ON VEHICLE. MULTIPLE ONLINE REPORTS OF OTHER 335I VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEMS - THIS REQUIRES A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON A FREEWAY ON-RAMP, RESULTING IN A NEAR REAR- END COLLISION AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE FOR WHICH PRODUCTION CONTINUED, KNOWING FULL WELL THE POTENTIAL FOR EVENTUAL MALFUNCTION, WITHOUT DISCLOSURE TO THE PURCHASER. *TR

2 FUEL PUMP FAILURES RESULTING IN OVER ONE MONTH WITHOUT VEHICLE. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A BMW 335 IN DECEMBER 2006, LESS THAN 7,000 MILES AND WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY THE MALFUNCTION ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. THE CAR STARTED TO IDLE AND THERE WAS ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE THE CAR TO SERVICE THEY INITIALLY REFUSED TO TAKE THE CAR BECAUSE I HAD NOT MADE AN APPOINTMENT. SUCH AN EXPENSIVE CAR AND ITS FALLING APART JUST A FEW MILES AFTER. FINALLY THEY LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE HIGH PRESSURE GASOLINE PUMP. I'VE READ ONLINE THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BUT STILL BMW REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. *TR

MY NEW BMW 335I SEDAN STARTED LOSING POWER AND EVENTUALLY VIBRATED TO A HALT. FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DEALER HAD MEMO ON DCS BUT FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SO. *JB

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN BMW 335I COUPE. 4 WEEKS TO REPLACE. *TR

EXPERIENCED FUEL PUMP FAILURE ON MY 2007 BMW 335I AND BECAME A SAFETY HAZARD TO OTHERS DRIVING BEHIND ME ON MY WAY TO WORK. STARTED EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS AS RECENTLY AS A MONTH AGO, SUCH AS LONG ENGINE CRANK TIMES, VERY ROUGH IDLING UPON STARTUP, AND OCCASIONAL "LIMP MODE" PERFORMANCE. IN SPITE OF ALL THIS, THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT WORK ON MY CAR UNTIL I EXPERIENCED A "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" (SES) WARNING LIGHT. THE FUEL PUMP PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD SHUDDER WHEN REVVING OVER 2000RPMS, AND THE CAR PERPETUALLY REMAINED IN LIMP MODE WHERE IT IS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN A SAFE ENOUGH MANNER TO DRIVE ON PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BRING MY CAR IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIR WHEN THE SES LIGHT CAME ON AT 7/25/07 ON MY 02/07 PRODUCTION VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS OVER A ONE MONTH WAIT FOR A FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. *JB

HIGH RATE OF FUEL PUMP FAILURES FOR THE 335I BMW, IF OCCURS ON THE HIGHWAY LEADS TO VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. BMW SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR