bmw 135i us 2011 Complaints

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

i purchased my car with 2 years of use and 16,000 miles on it, back in december 2012. since then, i've been only having troubles with the car. my first issue was back in february with a blown chargepipe. the car just left me stranded 50 miles from home and it had to be towed back. on july it left me stranded again, it was a broken vanos bolt in the engine. during this visit, i told to the sa the hard time my car was having when cranking every morning for the past two weeks. i got the car back, and it seemed that everything was fixed, but the battery. i was told that the battery was discharged due to over cranking when i got stranded. two weeks later, the car gave me an engine warning yellow light. it resulted to be that the intake vanos module failed. they did a road test this time to make sure everything was working accordingly. when i was driving back home i noticed a heavy white smoke coming from the engine bay, and a burning smell. i immediately stopped the vehicle. for my fortune it wasn't a fire, it was just burning oil. they took the car back in again, and found out that the gasket was not properly reinstalled when they were working with the vanos. when i got the car back, the road felt really solid, the next morning i checked the tire pressure and guess what? 50psi on all four tires when cold! apparently they did a courtesy fill up when there. 1 week after, my car left me stranded again. a really strange clicking noise was coming from right under the dashboard. i had to manually get it into neutral and push the car all the way down the parking lot so the tow truck could take it away. i complained about this 1 month ago, and was told that the battery was in perfect shape. come on, the car had a dying battery symptom, and it was completely ignored back then, until it left me stranded, again! way to go bmw.

Reported in: SAN JUAN PR || Crash: N || VIN #: WBAUC9C54BV

WHEELS

i purchased my car with 2 years of use and 16,000 miles on it, back in december 2012. since then, i've been only having troubles with the car. my first issue was back in february with a blown chargepipe. the car just left me stranded 50 miles from home and it had to be towed back. on july it left me stranded again, it was a broken vanos bolt in the engine. during this visit, i told to the sa the hard time my car was having when cranking every morning for the past two weeks. i got the car back, and it seemed that everything was fixed, but the battery. i was told that the battery was discharged due to over cranking when i got stranded. two weeks later, the car gave me an engine warning yellow light. it resulted to be that the intake vanos module failed. they did a road test this time to make sure everything was working accordingly. when i was driving back home i noticed a heavy white smoke coming from the engine bay, and a burning smell. i immediately stopped the vehicle. for my fortune it wasn't a fire, it was just burning oil. they took the car back in again, and found out that the gasket was not properly reinstalled when they were working with the vanos. when i got the car back, the road felt really solid, the next morning i checked the tire pressure and guess what? 50psi on all four tires when cold! apparently they did a courtesy fill up when there. 1 week after, my car left me stranded again. a really strange clicking noise was coming from right under the dashboard. i had to manually get it into neutral and push the car all the way down the parking lot so the tow truck could take it away. i complained about this 1 month ago, and was told that the battery was in perfect shape. come on, the car had a dying battery symptom, and it was completely ignored back then, until it left me stranded, again! way to go bmw.

Reported in: SAN JUAN PR || Crash: N || VIN #: WBAUC9C54BV

ENGINE

i purchased my car with 2 years of use and 16,000 miles on it, back in december 2012. since then, i've been only having troubles with the car. my first issue was back in february with a blown chargepipe. the car just left me stranded 50 miles from home and it had to be towed back. on july it left me stranded again, it was a broken vanos bolt in the engine. during this visit, i told to the sa the hard time my car was having when cranking every morning for the past two weeks. i got the car back, and it seemed that everything was fixed, but the battery. i was told that the battery was discharged due to over cranking when i got stranded. two weeks later, the car gave me an engine warning yellow light. it resulted to be that the intake vanos module failed. they did a road test this time to make sure everything was working accordingly. when i was driving back home i noticed a heavy white smoke coming from the engine bay, and a burning smell. i immediately stopped the vehicle. for my fortune it wasn't a fire, it was just burning oil. they took the car back in again, and found out that the gasket was not properly reinstalled when they were working with the vanos. when i got the car back, the road felt really solid, the next morning i checked the tire pressure and guess what? 50psi on all four tires when cold! apparently they did a courtesy fill up when there. 1 week after, my car left me stranded again. a really strange clicking noise was coming from right under the dashboard. i had to manually get it into neutral and push the car all the way down the parking lot so the tow truck could take it away. i complained about this 1 month ago, and was told that the battery was in perfect shape. come on, the car had a dying battery symptom, and it was completely ignored back then, until it left me stranded, again! way to go bmw.

Reported in: SAN JUAN PR || Crash: N || VIN #: WBAUC9C54BV

POWER TRAIN

unintended acceleration because of dual-clutch transmission (dct); car was in drive slowing to stop sign. almost at stop car lurched 2 to 3 feet into the intersection before i could slam on brakes. in earlier sputter and lurch situation with the dct, car was slowing down to accelerate through intersection in traffic. driver pushed accelerator pedal to speed up and it sputtered for counts of one thousand, two thousand, three thousand. on count of four thousand it engaged and started to move ahead as the driver desired. i have complained to two bmw service departments about sputter and lurch transmission. both test drove 135i briefly and declared it fine. no work to be done under warranty, they said.

Reported in: COLUMBIA MD || Crash: N || VIN #: WBAUC9C50BV