2008 BMW 335XI

I OWN A 2008 BMW 335XI. THE FUEL SYSTEM SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY, AND THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER SUDDENLY ON THE FREEWAY, THE RPM DROPS, AND I HAVE TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL HARD TO GET TO A COMFORTABLE SPEED OF 60MPH, THE CAR STILL DOESN'T DRIVE AT FULL REGULAR POWER. I FIRST COMPLAINED 4 MONTHS AGO, THEY SAID IT'S NOTHING. I COMPLAINED AGAIN A MONTH AFTERWARDS. THE DEALER SAID THERE'S A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP RECALL AND KEPT THE CAR WITH THEM FOR 1 WEEK. 3 MONTHS AFTERWARDS, THIS WEEK, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME POWER LOSS AGAIN ON A SMALLER SCALE. I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION, I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE, THE DEALER SAID IT HAS A RECALL AGAIN FOR THE SAME FUEL SYSTEM ISSUE - HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP LOSS OF PRESSURE. MY CAR IS STILL WITH THE DEALER, I DON'T KNOW IF AND WHEN THEY COULD FIX IT. I DON'T SEE A SECOND RECALL ON THIS ISSUE YET. AND BMW DID NOT SEND ME A RECALL LETTER YET. I THINK ALL OF BMWS TWIN TURBO POWERED CARD SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ROADS AND CHECKED AND FIXED BEFORE THERE'S ANY LOSS OF LIVES OR PROPERTY. AT THIS POINT CLEARLY, BMW DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A FIX FOR THIS. A NHTSA INVESTIGATION IN TO THIS ISSUE WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISSUE. UNTIL THIS IS FIXED, BMW'S TWIN TURBO POWERED CARS SHOULD BE PUT ON "DO NOT RECOMMEND" LIST AS FAR AS SAFETY. *TR

THE CAR STARTED BUT IT STARTED EXTREMELY "ROUGH" WITH THE ENGINE RPMS RACING THEN DROPPING DOWN TO 500 RPMS, FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. EVENTUALLY IT EVENED OUT. UNFORTUNATELY STARTING ISSUES ARE A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR AND IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SIMILAR STARTING ISSUES. THEY REPLACED: THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WHICH BMW KNOWS IT HAS ISSUES WITH, MADE "SOFTWARE" UPDATES, AND REPLACED THE DMA. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, WHEN I BEGAN TO DRIVE IT AND TURN ON TO A BUSY STREET, I ESSENTIALLY LOST MOST OF THE POWER IN THE CAR. IT WAS EXTREMELY DISCONCERTING TO STEP ON THE GAS, EXPECT THE CAR TO RESPOND AND IT DIDN'T. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET ON A BUSY FREEWAY. THANKFULLY, IT WASN'T BUT I AM WORRIED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IF I ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. AFTER RESEARCHING TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES, INDEED THEY HAVE. ALL ISSUES SEEM TO BE RELATED TO BMW'S HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ISSUE, WHICH THEY CLEARLY HAVE NOT SOLVED GIVEN MANY HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME UNFORTUNATE OUTCOME OF GOING BAD AGAIN. I HAVE HAD MINE REPLACED BY THE DEALER BUT AM NOW HAVING ISSUES AGAIN. DETAILED ACCOUNTS ARE ALL OVER THE INTERNET (SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES AS IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY) AND I AM SURPRISED THE NHTSA HASN'T DONE ANY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION, NOR FORCED BMW TO RECALL EITHER THE VEHICLE OR REPLACE ALL PARTS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND NEEDED TO CORRECTLY FIX THE ISSUE (FUEL PUMP, LOW PRESSURE SENSOR, FUEL INJECTORS, ETC.). I AM CONSIDERING CONTACTING REPORTERS BECAUSE THIS IS A TOYOTA TYPE SAFETY ISSUE WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHILE IT MAY ONLY HAPPEN IN A CERTAIN % OF VEHICLES, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND PROPERLY CORRECTED? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN "LUCKY" THUS FAR, BUT THIS REALLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SOMEONE MUST FORCE BMW TO ADDRESS IT. *TR

BMW N54 ENGINE 1. SYMPTOMS BEGIN WITH INCREASING LONG-CRANKS ON START-UP. EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE PERFORMS AT REDUCED POWER, AND ULTIMATELY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. 2. I AM ON MY 3RD HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) WITH APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON THE CAR IN 2 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. APPARENTLY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HPFP FREQUENTLY LEADS TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SPARK PLUGS, AND COILS WHICH CAUSE SEVERE MIS-FIRING AND VIOLENT SHAKING. MY COILS WERE REPLACED AS WAS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AN O2 SENSOR IN BETWEEN HPFP #1 AND #2. AT TIMES THE ENGINE HAS CUT POWER WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING A HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION. 3. BMW MADE AVAILABLE A HPFP FROM A NEW MANUFACTURER (MY #2 HPFP) AND SUBSEQUENTLY DISCONTINUED THAT PART (PART # ENDING IN 943) AND REPLACED IT WITH PART # ENDING IN 933, WHICH IS A RE-MANUFACTURED HPFP (THE PUMP CURRENTLY IN MY CAR). EACH OF THE THREE PUMPS APPEARS TO BE NEARLY IDENTICAL, EACH HAS A HIGH FAILURE RATE AND NONE SEEM TO ADDRESS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. *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 WIFE'S 2008 335XI 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 ONLY HAS 35,000+/- MILES ON IT. WHEN BROUGHT IN DUE TO RAPID AIR LOSS BMW STATES IT WAS THE DRIVING CONDITIONS NOT THEIR WHEEL. I ACCEPTED THIS THE FIRST TIME BUT AFTER 3 WHEELS I FEEL THERE IS A MAJOR DESIGN OR MATERIAL DEFECT. IT SEEMS TO BE THE RUN FLAT STYLE TIRES. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE TIRES SO I SWITCHED FROM THE FACTORY TIRES TO A DIFFERENT BRAND BASED ON THE DEALERS RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE FIRST WHEEL CRACKED AND STILL HAVE HAD THE ISSUE TWO MORE TIMES. MY WIFE HAS AN OLDER MERCEDES THAT SHE DRIVES THE SAME WAY AND IT HAS THE SAME WHEELS FROM 2003. IT MUST BE THE WHEELS SUPPLIED BY BMW. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN THIS VEHICLE IS OFF BY 5 MPH AT 60 MPH AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. BOTH THE DEALER AND BMW CORPORATION REFUSE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT A NEW SPEEDOMETER BE INSTALLED OR THAT THE OLD UNIT BE RECALIBRATED. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY DEFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 65-70MPH, I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS LEFT WITH 50% ENGINE POWER (LIMP MODE). LUCKILY THE DEALER WAS ONLY A COUPLE MILES AWAY, SO I IMMEDIATELY DROVE THERE FOR REPAIR, BUT HAD THIS BEEN ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION, I WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED. THE BMW HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR HAS BEEN WORKING WELL EVER AFTER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS INCIDENT ACCURATELY REFLECTS WHAT TYPICAL HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) FAILURES TYPICALLY PRESENT LIKE. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THE 2008 BMW 335XI I HAVE GOT ENGINE OVER HEATED WARMING SIGH POP OUT FROM CAR COMPUTER AND THE CAR LOSE THE POWER RIGHT AWAY WHILE I WAS STILL DRIVING ON THE FAST LANE ON THE FREE WAY WHICH ALMOST GOT ME IN ACCIDENT FRONT THE CAR BEHIND TWICE. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS ERROR RECORD SHOWING MY CAR ENGINE BEEN OVER HEATED BUT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT I NEED TO CONTACT BMWNA FOR SOLUTION. I DID SOME RESEARCH ABOUT MY CAR DOES NOT COME WITH THE OIL COOLER WHICH SHOULD ORIGINAL COME INSTALL IN THE CAR SINCE THE CAR HAS SPORT PACKAGE AND BMWNA BEEN DOING RETROFIT TO MANY OTHER CARS ALREADY. I MENTION THAT WHILE BMWNA CONTACT ME BUT THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN WITH THE CAR DID RECORD ENGINE OVER HEATED PROBLEM UNLESS I OVER HEATED THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP THEN THEY WILL CONSIDER FIXING THE PROBLEM. ALSO SINCE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO OD THE OIL COOLER REFROFIT FOR ME. I ASK BMWNA THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE CAR IS ONLY 1 AND HALF YEAR OLD AND THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE TAKE CAR BY WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT. THIS ALREADY HAVE SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES SINCE THEY KNOW THIS CAR NEED TO BE PUTTING OIL COOLER IN ORDER NOT TO GET IT OVERHEATED AND LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. BMWNA DID THE RETROFIT FOR FIRST OWNER BUT I GUESS THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THE LIFE OF THE SECOND AS IMPORTANT AS THE FIRST OWNER TOO. MAYBE THEY WILL STATE LOOKING AT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED PROBLEM LIKE TOYOTA WHEN SERIOUS PROBLEM START. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS CASE FOR SOME SECOND OWNER OF BMW THAT BMWNA TRYING TO IGNORE. THANK YOU [XXX] *TR