2012 BMW 328I Engine Problems

54 NHTSA complaints on file

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#10593749 |
UNABLE TO ACCELERATE SAFELY, ENGINE GIVES OUT INTERMITTENTLY AT VARYING SPEEDS. CALLED EVERY DEALERSHIP AROUND ALPHARETTA, GA; GWINNETTE BMW TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T WORK ON IT OR HELP ME AND THEN HUNG UP-ALL ON A RECORDED LINE. STILL WAITING FOR A MANAGER TO CALL ME. CALLED ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY SAID TO WAIT A FEW HOURS AND TRY AGAIN MEANWHILE I CAN ONLY HOPE MY CAR DOESN'T SHUT OFF ON MY DURING RUSH HOUR OR ON MY WAY TO WORK. THIS HAS BEEN ON ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE F30 BMW 3 SERIES AS MANY CUSTOMERS INDICATED THIS ISSUE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. *TR
#10557134 |
BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2012 328I. WITHIN 2 MONTHS ENGINE MALFUNCTION WARNING WOULD SHOW UP AND CAR WOULD GO INTO "LIMP MODE" AND BARELY DRIVE ABLE. SOMETIMES COULD BE RESET BY TURNING OFF, THEN BACK ON. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND EVERY TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME NO ONE ELSE WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THEY BLAMED THE FUEL INJECTORS AND REPLACED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES FOR SAME "DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION" WARNING. I MADE THEM BUY THE CAR BACK FROM ME, ASSUMING IT WAS A FLUKE WITH THE CAR, BECAUSE THEY CONTINUED TO ASSURE ME THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM, ANYWHERE, I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2013 328I. WITHIN A MONTH I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. EXCEPT THIS TIME IT WAS WORSE. IT COULDN'T BE FIXED BY TURNING IT OFF THEN BACK ON. EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED, 3 TIMES NOW, IT...
#10522529 |
WENT TO START CAR AND GOT A DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION MESSAGE. HAD IT TOWED TO A BMW DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY WILL REPLACE THE INTAKE VANOS SOLENOID SENSOR. *TR
#10510862 |
APRIL 2013, A WARNING SIGNAL ON MY VEHICLE NOTIFIED ME THERE WAS A NEED FOR COOLANT. I SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE FOR 4/18/13. I INFORMED THEM OF THE COOLANT WARNING AND ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT RECALL NOTICES. ON 4/19/13, I CALLED WEBER BMW MYSELF TO CHECK THE STATUS, LOUIE INFORMED ME THERE WERE 3 RECALL NOTICES ON MY CAR THAT WERE APPARENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, AND THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO HOLD MY CAR UNTIL MONDAY 4/22/13.I PICKED UP MY CAR ON 4/23/13 AND LOUIE INFORMED ME ALL THE RECALLS WERE FIXED AND MY CAR WAS GOOD TO TAKE HOME. ON 4/24/13, THE COOLANT WARNING SIGNALED AGAIN. THAT EVENING, MY CAR BEGAN TO EXERT EVEN MORE ISSUES THAN BEFORE! FIRST THE COOLANT WARNING, THEN WARNING TELLING ME TO DRIVE MODERATELY, THEN PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY ENGINE OVERHEATING. I PULLED THE CAR OVER, STOPPED THE ENGINE ALLOWING IT TO COOL DOWN, AND STARTING...
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