GVWR: Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)
GVW R_to: Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)
Make: BMW
Make ID: 452
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 328i
Model ID: 1709
Model Year: 2012
Motorcycle Chassis Type: Not Applicable
Motorcycle Suspension Type: Not Applicable
Other Restraint System Info: Head Inflatable Restraint for Driver, Front Passenger, Rear Outboard Driver-side and Rear Outboard Passenger-side. Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AFTER THE CAR WAS PARKED, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO START AND HE BATTERY INDICATOR CAME ON A FEW TIMES. THE FINAL TIME AFTER DRIVING FROM CONNECTICUT TO QUEENS NY, I WAS IN A FRIENDS DRIVEWAY AFTER DROPPING THEM OFF FROM THE AIRPORT, THE CAR WOULD NOT START EVEN THOUGHT THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING. EVENTUALLY ALL POWER WAS LOST. I HAD TO HAVE CAR PUSHED OUT IF THE DRIVING AND ON TO THE STREET. ALSO TO NOTE EARLIER I WAS CHARGING MY CELL PHONE, BUT IT STOPPED CHARGING. I WENT AND PURCHASE A NEW CHARGED (USB ADAPTOR) WHICH DID NOT WORK EITHER, BUT WORKED WHEN I HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER. THE TOW TRUCK PERSON WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE CAR STARTED WITH A JUMP, AND INDICATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUES. I REVIEWED THE INTERNET TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE SINCE MY CAR HAS SUCH LOW MILAGE, AND NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL FROM FEBRUARY 2013. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE SAME, BUT IT SOUNDS SIMILAR.
2012
POWER TRAIN
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 HAS REQUIRED A TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE EXACT SAME "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION" WARNING. THEY STILL SAY THERE'S NO PROBLEM. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE ENGINE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THE CAR WILL BARELY RUN 55MPH IF PUSHED. THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY BMW. EVERY TIME I HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR IN THEY SAY THEIR "GUIDELINES" JUST CALL FOR A COMPUTER RESET, AND THAT IT HAS BEEN FIXED, ONLY TO LEAVE ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD A MONTH LATER. *TR
