2013 BMW 328XI Power Train Problems

THE CAR HAD RECENTLY HAD ITS 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REFILLED TO THE CORRECT CAPACITY AND WAS LOW. THE CAR BEGAN EXHIBITING DRIVETRAIN ERRORS AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED THE CAR INTO PARK WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. AS I APPROACHED A STOPLIGHT AND SLOW DOWN TO AROUND 6 MILES AN HOUR THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY PUT THE CAR IN PARK CAUSING SIGNIFICANT GRINDING OF THE SHARK LOCKING GEAR. THERE IS A BUG IN THE CONTROL SOFTWARE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE CAR WAS ROLLING AT A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED WHEN IT DECIDED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE COMPUTER SHOULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK IF THE CAR IS FULLY UNDERWAY.

JERKING WITH CHANGES OF LOWER GEARS (AUTOMATIC) ON CITY STREETS LOSS OF TRACTION IN INCLIMATE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TRANFER CASE REPLACED AT 55K BELIEVE IT TO BE FAILING AGAIN

ERROR - "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION: DRIVE MODERATELY. MAXIMUM DRIVETRAIN OUTPUT NOT AVAILABLE. CONSULT SERVICE CENTER." THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BMW OF SILVER SPRING, MD) AT FIRST. THEY SAID IT WAS THERMOSTAT ISSUE. SO, THEY INSTALLED A NEW THERMOSTAT AND I PAID MY $100 DEDUCTIBLE. THE SAME ERROR STARTED APPEARING AGAIN JUST A FEW DAYS LATER. THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUDDERS, JOLTS AND SHIFTS FROM ECO MODE TO COMFORT MODE IF DRIVING ON FREEWAY. IF THE ERROR APPEARS WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED, THE CAR DOES NOT SWITCH FROM PARK MODE TO DRIVE MODE UNTIL YOU TOTALLY YOU SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, THEN RESTART AND DRIVE OUT IMMEDIATELY. INSTANTLY, IT SHOWS "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" ERROR ON SCREEN. THE ENGINE MAKE A GROANING NOISE. YOU CAN FEEL THE POWER OF THE ENGINE IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. YOU HAVE TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEEP TO EXTRACT POWER OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE TACHOMETER (THE...

THE TRANSMISSION HAS SUDDENLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING, ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, BEGINNING A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW. I EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE DISPLAY READS "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION, MAXIMUM DRIVETRAIN OUTPUT NOT AVAILABLE. CONSULT SERVICE CENTER." PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR MAKES THE PROBLEM GO AWAY. MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING SIMILAR PROBLEMS: HTTP://WWW.BIMMERFEST.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=667636 BMW REFUSES TO MAKE ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE WARRANTIED PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE IT AT WILL. *TR

WHILE DRIVE ON A CITY STREET AROUND 30 MPH A WARNING SUDDENLY APPEARED INDICATING A POWER TRAIN MALFUNCTION WHICH IMMEDIATELY REDUCED POWER. FORTUNATELY I WAS COMING UPON A RED LIGHT. PROCEEDED TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT AGAIN. AFTER I STARTED THE CAR, THE WARNING DID NOT REAPPEAR. DROVE THE CAR FOR A FEW MORE BLOCKS, BUT THE WARNING HAS NOT RETURNED. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR, AT 5:30 PM IN A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY, AND THE CAR COME TO A FULL STOP. THIS WAS VERY NERVE WRECKING. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THE PERSON BEHIND ME DID NOT CRASH. THE CAR IS STILL DOING FUNNY HOLDINGS OF SPEED AT TIMES. *TR

IN LIGHT OF RECENT HEARINGS INTO GM FAILURE TO CORRECT VEHICLE ISSUES RESULTING IN DEATHS, AND BMW PAST HISTORY OF NOT REPORTING MALFUNCTIONS I SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: ON 2 OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR CAME ON, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STARTED TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO BMW FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THAT IN BOTH INCIDENTS IT WAS COMPUTER ERROR. I DON'T BELIEVE THEM ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS, AND I WANT TO BE ON RECORD AS REPORTING BOTH INCIDENTS. *TR