2008 BMW 135I Fuel system Problems

MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY THEN THE ENGINE DIED.

NHTSA ID

11196604

Incident

Apr 13, 2019

Mileage

116,010 mi

CARS' IDLE HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT IDLE. VEHICLES FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES ALREADY THROUGH OUT IT'S LIFE. LAST WEEK (JULY 13,2017) CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND I HAD TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SAME MORNING. DEALER REFUSES TO TAKE ANY INITIATIVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT ALL. I HAVE SOFTWARE WHERE IT SHOWS THAT THE CARS VEHICLES HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IS FAILING. CAR IS THROWING CODES TOO. CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN FUEL PUMP DIED ON ME IN A CITY STREET.

NHTSA ID

11006048

Incident

Jul 13, 2017

Mileage

105,199 mi

MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IS DYING ...IVE HAD THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CHANGED AND I'M STILL EXPERIENCING A ROUGH COLD START AND HALF BLOCK ENGINE LIGHT SYMBOL ...CAR HAS A IDLE PROBLEM AT START COME AND GO AND NOW I CAN ONLY FILL A HALF TANK OF GAS ...

NHTSA ID

10983894

Incident

Apr 15, 2017

Mileage

90,289 mi

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT. THE CAR OVERHEATED AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON TELLING ME TO TURN THE CAR OFF. BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER THE CAR STALLED AND I WAS UNABLE TO PROPEL IT FORWARD ANY LONGER. I PULLED OVER AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED.

NHTSA ID

10730810

Incident

Mar 25, 2015

Mileage

52,867 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW 135 I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE HIGH PRESSURE PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND EXTENDED THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

NHTSA ID

10513405

Incident

Jan 23, 2012

Mileage

2,000 mi

FUEL PUMP CONSISTENTLY TAKES LONGER AND LONGER TO START THE CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10487706

Incident

Dec 7, 2012

Mileage

57,000 mi

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10465605

Incident

Jul 11, 2012

Mileage

37,568 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BMW 135I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE LOSS POWER WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IN THE LOW POWER MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED POOR ACCELERATION PERFORMANCE AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TURBO LAG WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEWLY INSTALLED FUEL PUMP. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. UPDATED 01/13/11 *BF UPDATED 01/24/11

NHTSA ID

10363583

Incident

Jul 12, 2009

Mileage

2,000 mi

VEHICLE IS A BMW 135I, MODEL YEAR 2008, CONVERTIBLE. CAR SUFFERS SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AT HIGH SPEED AND OFTEN DURING HIGH-TRAFFIC, RUSH- HOUR SPEEDS ON MODERATE INCLINE SOMETIMES WITH MINIMAL SAFE SHOULDER AND MEDIAN. THIS THE 6TH INCIDENT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. BMW OF SAN DIEGO REPLACED FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR AND MULTIPLE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS. WE HAVE BARELY AVOIDED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE OUR CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10353641

Incident

Aug 31, 2010

Mileage

24,000 mi

MY BMW 135I HAS 16,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE HAD TO HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURES. THE CAR IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10353113

Incident

Aug 31, 2010

Mileage

7,500 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY, 45-MPH ROAD, MY CAR LOST POWER SUDDENLY AND BEGAN TO SHUDDER WHEN I APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS LOSING SPEED AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS, AND PULL INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT I COULD FIND. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, ALONG WITH SCANNING THE CAR FOR ANY ERROR CODES, I DISCOVERED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) HAD FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS WAS THE 3RD HPFP THAT HAS FAILED ON THIS CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345188

Incident

Jul 25, 2010

Mileage

45,150 mi

CAR HESITATED AND STOPPED RUNNING ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10329923

Incident

May 9, 2010

Mileage

18,000 mi

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ( HPFP ) FAILED. DRIVING MY '08 BMW 135I THE CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE NEXT DAY IT STALLED ON A ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A BMW DEALER WHO REPLACED THE HPFP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10296958

Incident

Nov 20, 2009

Mileage

7,000 mi

MY 2008 BMW 135I STARTED TAKING 10-20 SECONDS FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A BMW DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT BMW INFORMED THEM THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE TO DO THIS. AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO BAD ON THIS VEHICLE, UNTIL A CODE WAS DETECTED. TODAY, WHILE TRYING TO MERGE IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD REDUCED POWER AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME OR THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THE CAR ALSO SHOWED AN ICON ON THE DASH THAT INDICATED THE CAR HAD GONE INTO LIMP MODE OR REDUCED POWER MODE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IF A CAR HAD BEEN BEHIND ME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10291527

Incident

Nov 9, 2009

Mileage

26,300 mi

I WOULD OFTEN HEAR A LIQUID PUMPING SOUND ON WHEN PUT ONTO REVERSE AFTER IGNITION. SERVICED AT BMW DEALERSHIP BUT THEY ODDLY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I COULD REPLICATE IT EVERY TIME. ONE NIGHT THE CAR STARTED WITH LONG CRANKS. "REDUCED POWER" WARNING CAME ON AND CAR WAS SLUGGISH, JERKY, AND COULD NOT GO ABOVE ABOUT 30 MPH. TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PUMP. I ASKED HOW COME IT WASN'T REPLACED WHEN I REPORTED THE PROBLEM EARLIER. THEY SAID THEY DON'T REPLACE IT UNTIL THE PUMP ACTUALLY DIES. THIS IS NOT A VERY SAFE PRACTICE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10267303

Incident

Apr 27, 2009

Mileage

10,000 mi

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE ON 2008 BMW 135I WITH N54 3.0L TURBO ENGINE. SYMPTOMS WERE LONG CRANKS PRIOR TO STARTING. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10264420

Incident

Mar 10, 2009

Mileage

7,400 mi

BOUGHT 2008 BMW 135I IN 7/2008. WITHIN FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP MESSAGE CAME UP STATING "ENGINE MALFUNCTION, REDUCE POWER" CAR HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS-EACH TIME BMW ASSURES PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF. REASONS GIVEN FUEL PUMP, INJECTORS, GAS ISSUE AND LASTLY ADJUSTMENT NOT DONE AT FACTORY AS IT SHOULD HAVE. SO, CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP AS IT AGAIN SPUTTERS AND SHAKES HEAVILY -TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON TWO LANE HWY- VEHICLE SLOWED ITSELF TO 50 MPH AND I WAS NEARLY KILLED BY HAVING TO PULL BACK IN TRAFFIC AS I COULD NOT PASS DUE TO LACK OF POWER. WE PLAN TO FILE UNDER LEMON LAW-BEEN IN MULTIPLE TIMES-HAS OCCURRED 5-6 TIMES AND WE ARE DONE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10259287

Incident

Feb 11, 2008

Mileage

500 mi

I WAS GOING APPROX. 65MPH IN 5TH GEAR IN MY 2008 BMW 135I COUPE WHEN THE CAR STUTTERED AND I GOT A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT. BROUGHT MY CAR TO BMW SERVICE AND MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY FUEL PUMP AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR ONLY HAS AROUND 5000 MILES ON IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10247921

Incident

Oct 31, 2008

Mileage

5,800 mi