2011 BMW 135i owner complaints

Positive crankcase ventilation (pcv) valve heater

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

Blower mower wiring overheating and burning/corroding while fan was on low speed.

The same blower motor wiring issue in the BMW 3 series thats causing them to catch on fire and burn to the ground. I have compared the problem with another 3 series with the same exact issue. Although the wiring part number is different, the plug and where the negative and pos terminals are placed is the same exact spot as the 3 series. The car will shut off from voltage spikes when driving and cause sparks and arching noises where there neg and pos wires meet causing both of the wiring housings to melt and potentially cause a fire. I have taken off the kick panel that covers the wires and noticed the kick panel itself was burnt and melted. I have talked to many other 1 series owners and they also have this issue but it's not on the recall list. I believe it should be because this is a ve

Fan blower wire can catch fire, BMW 3 series e90 2006 to 2013 already got the recall done, please recall this.

The headlights are failing due to wiring rotting and falling aaprt inside the headlight units similar to the wiring failure in the blower motor

Sometimes the blower motor will not work at the speed selected. A few times have smelled a odd burnt plastic smell. BMW won't help this issue as there is no recall on this certain model. I have took the time to actually diagnose the issue. Wiring to blower motor resistor module affected. Cannot even unplug the connection. Has brown areas on the resister by ground wire of signs of extreme heat.

Engine acceleration lag. The car hesitates when the gas pedal is pushed down. This occurs when it is moving at a slow speed of 5 to 10 MPH and at a halt. It creates a dangerous situation if you are merging with traffic or trying to enter traffic from a side street. When the gas pedal is depressed it can be as long as 2 to 3 seconds before the engine accelerates. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 BMW 135i. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle overheated and lost power. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that there was a water pump failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 90,000.

BMW Series 135I2011 - Engine/Vanos bolts failed/failing! When it's started, you can total tell there is an issue with it...Car is basically NON-Drivable due to this condition due to safety concerns! The vin is not being covered by the recall due to but this is a SERIOUS issue! This needs to be covered by BMW! We've taken it to the mechanic who said this needs to be towed to the dealership due to the recall and because of the specific issue but once at the dealership, where it's sitting now, they are saying due to vin not popping up, they can't cover it as well as BMW's customer service line but this is SERIOUS and needs to be covered!

Rod bearings failure which could cause engine seizing while driving.

Takata recall I live in a gulf state, sarasota county. Received safety recall in march 2016. Immediately contacted dealer. Again in april. They were to call me to install new airbag. Oct 24 contacted dealer again. No return call as promised. Called 10/27 and was informed that the original list of recalled BMW's from march was not available and since I had called in again they would now put be on a list for the safety recall. This continuing delay and game playing on the part of BMW north america and my dealer BMW of sarasota is unacceptable. If I hadn't called again I would not have been but on their "list" for the part to be ordered. No other assistance is offered by the dealer. My safety is at risk as I continue to drive this defective vehicle.

Passenger air bag sensor light indicated that passenger air bag was off when passenger seat was occupied by another adult. *tr

Received a recall letter march 2016.six months later a quick fix. Talk to BMW customer service and they still do not have the parts

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. *tr

I had two situations in which my car would unexpectedly lurch forward after coming to a complete stop with my foot on the brake pedal, and another case in which I could not place the vehicle in park with the DCT Shift lever malfunctioning and making the car undrivable.

When moving slowly and then rapidly accelerating, such as when attempting to turn onto a busy road, the car seems to shut off the fuel for a solid 2 seconds, so the car actually slows rather than speeds up. The driver, when trying to turn in traffic, will panic and press harder on the gas and nothing will happen until the 2 seconds is over, and then the car suddenly takes off into traffic. This happens consistently and is dangerous when trying to merge in traffic. BMW has attempted to fix it unsuccessfully and now says it is "normal functionality of the gearbox and nothing can be done to remove this sensation". This car has the dual clutch transmission (DCT). *tr

High pressure fuel pump failure - car went into limp mode while driving on a city street.