NHTSA Complaint #10730515 — 2013 BMW X3

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON CT-104 LONG RIDGE ROAD, A 2-LANE STATE ROAD ON MONDAY JUNE 22ND, 2015 AROUND 8AM. I WAS TRAVELING FROM STAMFORD CT TO BEDFORD. ABOUT MIDWAY ON LONG RIDGE ROAD DRIVING AT AROUND 25PMH AT MILLERS MILL INTERSECTION THE CAR STALLED. I WOULD SEE I WAS IN MIDDLE OF MY NORTHBOUND LANE THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE ON, BUT SPEEDOMETER WAS AT 0 RPM AND KNEW THE ENGINE HAD DIED, I IMMEDIATELY TRIED RESTARTING THE ENGINE. WHILE THE ENGINE CRANKED, I WAS IN PARK, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT KICK IN DESPITE TURNING OVER. AFTER REPEATED TRIES, AND BEING UNABLE TO MOVE OFF THE LANE, I PRESSED BMW SOS BUTTON. I HAD TURNED ON MY FLASHERS. CARS WERE RACING IN MY LANE AND STOPPING BEFORE GETTING TO MY CAR REAR-END. I KNEW I WAS IN A HAZARD ZONE. BUT THIS A CELL-PHONE DEAD ZONE. IN ANY CASE BMW ASKED I GET OUT OF THE HAZARD ZONE, BUT TOLD THEM THE CAR WAS SIMPLY UNMOVEABLE AND WOULD NOT START-UP. SO THEY CALLED IN THE TOW AND INFORMED THE BEDFORD POLICE. FOR 20 MINUTES I SAT THERE IN THE CAR. THEN THE FLASHERS QUITE OPERATING AND INCREASED THE RISK OF REAR-END CRASHES. THATS ANOTHER ISSUE BMW MUST LOOK INTO. FINALLY THE POLICE ARRIVED SOME 20 MINS LATER THE TOW TRUCK CALLED BY THE POLICE SHOWED UP. THE BMW X3 WAS TAKEN TO BMS MT KISCO NEW YORK. A 2-YEAR OLD CAR FAILING SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND CREATING A ROAD HAZARD WAS UNNERVING. BMW DEALER INFORMED ME ON TUESDAY JUNE 23RD THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. IT WOULD TAKE A FEW DAYS TO REPAIR. ..THE FACT THAT A NEW CAR WITH 25000 MILES HAS A SIGNIFICANT FAILURE SUDDENLY AND CREATES A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION WITH CARS BARRELING DOWN IN A 45 MPH IS WORRISOME AND POSES ISSUES WITH QA OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS AND A RECALL IF LARGE NUMBER OF CARS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUDDEN FUEL PUMP FAILURES MAYBE INDICATED AS A PROACTIVE STEP...UPDATED 08/27/15*BF UPDATED 12/3/15 *JS