2009 BMW 335I Fuel system Problems

The contact owns a 2009 BMW 335I. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle independently entered limp mode with the service transmission warning message on the instrument panel. The contact restarted the vehicle and cleared all warning codes before he resumed normal driving. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not under recall. A DTC reader determined that the cause of the failure was related to a defective fuel pump. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

NHTSA ID

11469415

Incident

Jan 1, 2021

Mileage

55,000 mi

Multiple misfiring due to faulty injectors. Bmw has revised the part 12 times. This is a very common and known problem in the EU where a recall was issued.

NHTSA ID

11437010

Incident

Aug 17, 2021

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE UP AN INCLINE. THEN I HEARD A RATTLING. THE NEXT EXIT WAS A REST STOP AND AS I WAS EXITING MY VEHICLE FAILED AND SHUT DOWN. I HAD NO POWER AT ALL. I COASTED TO A PARKING STALL AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AFTER PARKING IT SAFELY. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HOT OR SMOKING SO I TRIED TO START IT. THE CAR STARTED BUT WITH A VERY LOUD KNOCKING AND RATTLING SO I SHUT IT OFF AGAIN AND PHONED THE DEALERSHIP. I TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 30 DAYS AGO AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THEM NOT 1X. I HAVE CALLED WEEKLY TO NO AVAIL.

NHTSA ID

11361169

Incident

Aug 12, 2020

Mileage

128,000 mi

FUEL PUMP LEAKING GASOLINE LEAVING A STRONG ODOR IN THE CAR AND FOOTWELL MODULE IS BAD

NHTSA ID

11324841

Incident

Jan 15, 2020

Mileage

100,786 mi

2009 BMW 335I. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE INDEX 9 FUEL INJECTORS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE INDEX 9 FUEL INJECTORS WERE DISCONTINUED. ALL 6 FUEL INJECTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH AN INDEX 12. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED THE REPAIR COSTS. *JS *JS

NHTSA ID

11298770

Incident

Oct 29, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BMW 335I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO BMW OF SCOTTSDALE IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN MARCH OF 2017 PER AN UNKNOWN FUEL PUMP RECALL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MARCH 29, 2018 AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,725.

NHTSA ID

11082201

Incident

Mar 29, 2018

Mileage

91,725 mi

STARTING WITH ELECTRICAL THE DASH SCREEN HAS BEEN TURNING ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN SINS I BOUGHT THE CAR. DEALER CANT REPLICATE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS SO OFTEN. WATER PUMP AND GAS PUMP HAVE GAVE ME PROBLEMS EVEN AFTER THEY FIX IT. AFTER RECALL FOR HEATER ISSUES, MY CAR ABSORBS FUMES FROM THE ENGINE. ADVISER AND SUPERVISOR FROM BMW DEALER SAY THAT IS NORMAL CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CAR GETS THE HEAT FROM. CENTER DIVIDER FROM INSIDE OF THE CAR GETS EXTREMELY HOT WHEN I HAVE HEATER ON, TO WHERE I CAN FEEL THE HEAT GO THROUGH MY JEANS. ADVISERS AND SUPERVISOR ALSO STATE THAT IS NORMAL, BECAUSE EXHAUST PIPES RUN THROUGH THERE. NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE TO ME. I'VE CALLED CORPORATE PLENTY OF TIMES THROUGH OUT THE YEARS AND THEY TEND TO HELP AT TIMES. BUT THIS TIME I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LEMON PROBLEM. WHAT CAN I DO?

NHTSA ID

11076055

Incident

Apr 7, 2014

I WENT TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP (TO HAVE THE SEVERAL RECALL PERFORMED ON MY CAR LASTWEEK 1. RECALL ID 263858 2. RECALL ID 190318 3. RECALL ID 190319 4. RECALL ID 190320 5. RECALL ID 174817 THE SERVICE GUY (HTTPS://WWW.STEVENSCREEKBMW.COM) TOLD ME THAT THEY CANT HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE MY CAR HAS A REBUILT/SALVAGE TITLE MY CALL VIN NUMBER [XXX] CAR BMW 335I 2009 BASE ON MY UNDERSTANDING RECALLS ARE A SAFETY ISSUE AND BY LAW HAVE TO BE COMPLETED ON THE CAR NO MATTER THE BRANDING ON TITLE. PLEASES LET ME KNOW THE WAY TO GET THE RECALL PROCESS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

11046648

Incident

Nov 14, 2017

WHEN STARTING CAR ENGINE, ITS TAKE A LONG TIME TO CRANK UP AND GET THE ENGINE GOING. IT ALSO SOUND REALLY WEAK UNLIKE WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT. ENGINE ALSO SHOW WARNING ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT UP FROM TIME TO TIME.

NHTSA ID

10944323

Incident

Jun 13, 2015

Mileage

81,000 mi

MY VEHICLES FUEL CONSUMPTION HAS WORSENED. HEADLIGHTS FLICKERS. VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE OFTEN. VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S CHOKING OR RUNNING ON LESS CYLINDERS. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CHANGE MY CLOCK. MISFIRING STILL OCCURRING EVEN AFTER TUNE UP. LOSS OF POWER. WASTE GATE RATTLE.

NHTSA ID

10838120

Incident

Feb 22, 2016

Mileage

81,400 mi

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE DRY CLEANERS. AS I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO THE FREEWAY, THE CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH ABOUT A 70% REDUCTION IN POWER. I COULDNT MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY SAFELY, AND HAD TO PULL TOT HE SHOULDER. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT BMW DEALER FOR REPAIRS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT IS DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10474082

Incident

Sep 4, 2012

Mileage

49,300 mi

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 STARTED 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 LOST 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. *JS

NHTSA ID

10455612

Incident

Mar 12, 2012

Mileage

48,000 mi

2009 BMW 335I WITH 11000 MILES STARTED TO SPUTTER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE YELLOW SERVICE ENGINE AND LOW POWER LIGHTS CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE BUT WITH LOW POWER. MANAGED TO LIMP INTO TOWN AND HAD CAR TOWED TO BMW DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND PERFORMED SOFTWARE UPDATE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10383382

Incident

Feb 12, 2011

Mileage

11,000 mi

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE ACCELERATING AND ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 5 N IN IRVINE. HAD TO EXIT INTERSTATE AND DRIVE SURFACE STREETS. CAR CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT GREATLY REDUCED POWER. DEALER REPLACED HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10380026

Incident

Jan 28, 2011

Mileage

15,200 mi

IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE WHICH BMW HAS FAILED TO FIX. I BELIEVE I HAVE ISSUES WITH MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE HAD THE LOW PRESSURE SENSOR REPLACED, AND A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. LAST NIGHT, THE CAR HAD A ROUGH IDLE, AND THE WARNING ENGINE MALFUNCTION, REDUCED POWER WAS DISPLAYED. I DROVE HOME SLOWLY. THE CAR ROUGHED IDLED. IN ADDITION, I CALLED BMW ASSIST TO FILE THE COMPLAINT. THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION FOR MY VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10378465

Incident

Jan 23, 2011

Mileage

22,000 mi

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH RESULTED IN SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND NEED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A VERY DANGEROUS SETTING. FUEL PUMP REQUIRED REPLACEMENT IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS ONE YEAR OLD. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. "ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT" AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. AGAIN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPAIRED (CAR MILEAGE ~ 28,000 MILES) *TR

NHTSA ID

10376323

Incident

Jan 9, 2011

Mileage

28,000 mi

10/8/2010 - WHILE TRAVELING ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA, 2009 BMW 335I EXPERIENCED A SEVERE LOSS OF POWER WITH ENGINE LAMP TURNING ON. LOSS OF POWER WORSENED FOR THE NEXT SEVENTY FIVE MILES UNTIL THE CAR COULD NOT GO OVER FORTY MILES PER HOUR AND HAD INSUFFICIENT TORQUE TO GO UP ANY INCLINED HIGHWAY OFF RAMPS. TOOK CAR BACK TO BMW DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PUMP WOULD BE REPLACED AND ENGINE SOFTWARE UPDATED. CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10360230

Incident

Oct 8, 2010

Mileage

10,300 mi

I OWN A 2009 BMW 335I WHICH HAS THE TYPE N54 ENGINE. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE MAY 2009. I HAVE HAD 2 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS REPLACED. THE LAST MALFUNCTION JUST OCCURRED AS I WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED 65MPH + AND THE ENGINE WENT INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE. BECAUSE OF THIS MODE THE CAR HAD A DRASTIC REDUCTION OF POWER, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE RIGHT LANE AND LIMP TO DEALERSHIP WITH A TOP SPEED OF 50MPH. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS ON HIGHWAY. THE N54 ENGINE IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR BMW, THEIR OWN SERVICE ADVISORS STATE THAT ALMOST 60% OF THESE ENGINES HAVE HAD FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONS, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10355896

Incident

Sep 10, 2010

Mileage

19,600 mi

LONG CRANKS, STUTTERING UPON PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH LURCHING SENSATION AND FRONT ENGINE BLOCK SHAKING. IT USED TO OCCUR EVERY DAY BEFORE THEY REPLACED MY FIRST HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AT 2500 MILES. SECOND TIME I HAD LONG CRANKS A FEW TIMES A WEEK WITH LURCHING/STUTTERING SENSATION UPON PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR WHILE HI-WAY DRIVING EVERY DAY. I HAVE A 2009 BMW 335I . VIN [XXX]. I'VE HAD MY HPFP REPLACED ONCE. THE SECOND TIME AROUND THEY JUST REPROGRAMMED THE HPFP BUT I STILL GET LONG CRANKS 2 A WEEK WITH LURCHING/STUTTERING ON HI-WAY ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

NHTSA ID

10354696

Incident

Sep 15, 2009

Mileage

2,500 mi

THE CAR'S HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED ON FREEWAY ON-RAMP ACCELERATION LEADING TO A NEAR REAR-END COLLISION BY A FOLLOWING CAR. THIS FAILURE WAS PRECEDED BY LONG-CRANK STARTING AND ENGINE RACING ON STARTING. THE HPFP WAS REPLACED AT 6,000 MILES (10/09). AT 12,000 MILES THE SOFTWARE WAS REPROGRAMMED. (6/10) THE DEALER SAYS IT IS REPLACING THE HPFP AGAIN. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE BMW 335I ENGINE STARTING WITH THE 2007 MODELS AS REPORTED ON THIS WEBSITE. ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 300+ OWNERS NEARLY 50% HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10351761

Incident

Aug 19, 2010

Mileage

15,500 mi

VEHICLE HAD APROX, 3,400 MILES AND BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE LONG CRANKS DURING START UP. FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH I EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LONG CRANKS BUT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY. WITH 4,800 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE IN RIGHT LANE AND THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND A REDUCED POWER INDICATOR SHOWED ON DASH. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, STALLED ONCE DURING TRIP TO DEALER. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED BAD HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND REPLACED SAME DAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10347175

Incident

Oct 4, 2009

Mileage

4,800 mi

THE CAR IS A 2009 BMW 335I . ABOUT 23 WEEKS AGO, THE CAR LOST POWER. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOT A ACCIDENT. WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FUEL PUMP PROBLEM AND THE CHANGED THE PUMP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10346378

Incident

Jul 10, 2010

Mileage

14,000 mi

FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WITH RESULTING LOSS OF POWER AND DRIVABLE. FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ONCE SO FAR AT 10 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND APPROXIMATELY 9000 MILES. INITIAL REPAIR WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THIS REPAIR WAS OF NO BENEFIT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THE HPFP WAS REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED HPFP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345678

Incident

May 15, 2010

Mileage

9,000 mi

THE FUEL PUMP ON MY 2009 BMW 335I HAS FAILED AND I BELIEVE IT'S STARTING TO FAIL AGAIN BUT EVERYTIME I TAKE IT IN THEY SAY IT'S FINE AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT ACTUALLY FAILS. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF IT FAILS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 70MPH THEN I'M GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT. THE PUMP HAS ALREADY FAILED ONCE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345597

Incident

Dec 11, 2009

Mileage

24,000 mi

I OWN A 2009 BMW 335. IT WAS PURCHASED IN EARLY 2009. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE OF THE PART, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF TROUBLE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER. CONCURRENT WITH THAT POWER LOSS, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT APPEARED ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ADDITIONALLY, AN ICON (IT LOOKED LIKE A TRANSMISSION) LIT UP AS WELL. WHEN THE POWER LOSS FIRST OCCURRED, I WAS IN THE FAST LANE ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO WORK EXTREMELY QUICK TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE WOULD HIT ME FROM BEHIND (AS MY CAR SLOWED DOWN). I EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I EVENTUALLY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALERSHIP. TURNS OUT THAT MY HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. I DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. SINCE THEN, I HAVE PUT 5500 MILES ON THE CAR. MY FUEL PUMP IS STILL WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10345026

Incident

Aug 22, 2009

Mileage

4,500 mi