NHTSA Complaint #10823898 — 2014 BMW 328D

VEHICLE HAS ON 4 SEPARATE OCCURRENCES STALLED/FAILED TO ACCELERATE. "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" ERROR CODE IS DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE HAD 11564 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. THE FAULTS WERE CLEARED, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE FAILURE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, 6 MONTHS AND 9000 MILES LATER, A SENSOR WAS REPLACED, FAULTS CLEARED, NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN. THE THIRD TIME, SIX WEEKS LATER, A FUEL QUANTITY CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE CAR HAS JUST BEEN TOWED FOR A FOURTH TIME. ON 3 OF THE 4 OCCURRENCES, THE CAR WAS ON A HIGHWAY OR BUSY STREET, AT ONE TIME TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LAST TIME WAS TURNING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON A DOWNTOWN CITY BLOCK, STALLING IN AN INTERSECTION AT LOW SPEED.