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Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
27
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2019-08-06 19V579000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 41,981 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2024-12-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2011 BMW 135I. The contact stated that the A/C system and the blower motor were intermittently inope…
2024-09-25 ENGINE No 0 BMW Series 135I2011 - Engine/Vanos bolts failed/failing! When it's started, you can total tell there is an issue with i…
2022-03-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I had two situations in which my car would unexpectedly lurch forward after coming to a complete stop with my foot on t…
2021-08-02 ENGINE No 0 Sudden catastrophic engine shutdown After 3weeks of investigation came back as bad crank posisition sensor
2021-07-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The headlights are failing due to wiring rotting and falling aaprt inside the headlight units similar to the wiring fai…
2020-03-23 ENGINE No 0 ROD BEARINGS FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE ENGINE SEIZING WHILE DRIVING.
2020-01-04 ENGINE No 0 VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR WHEN PASSING VEHICLES OR MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY NEARLY CAU…
2019-12-26 ENGINE No 0 the vanos bolts failed.
2019-02-04 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 I HAVE BEEN HAVING MISFIRES. FIRST CYLINDER 3&5. CHANGED ALL PLUGS AND COIL PACKS. RAN WELL FOR A COUPLE DAYS. THEN BOO…
2018-12-20 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 TWO TIMES WITHIN A YEAR THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION OF POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ON 4-3-18 …
2018-07-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 BLOWER MOWER WIRING OVERHEATING AND BURNING/CORRODING WHILE FAN WAS ON LOW SPEED.
2018-07-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 THE SAME BLOWER MOTOR WIRING ISSUE IN THE BMW 3 SERIES THATS CAUSING THEM TO CATCH ON FIRE AND BURN TO THE GROUND. I HA…
2018-07-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 FAN BLOWER WIRE CAN CATCH FIRE, BMW 3 SERIES E90 2006 TO 2013 ALREADY GOT THE RECALL DONE, PLEASE RECALL THIS.
2018-06-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 SOMETIMES THE BLOWER MOTOR WILL NOT WORK AT THE SPEED SELECTED. A FEW TIMES HAVE SMELLED A ODD BURNT PLASTIC SMELL. BMW…
2018-05-16 AIR BAGS No 0 WATER PUMP AND MUCH MORE
2017-06-03 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL NEVER PERFORMED
2017-04-09 AIR BAGS No 0 RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER MARCH 2016.SIX MONTHS LATER A QUICK FIX. TALK TO BMW CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY STILL DO NOT H…
2016-07-13 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE - CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET.
2016-03-16 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW 135I. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V071…
2016-03-02 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL I LIVE IN A GULF STATE, SARASOTA COUNTY. RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL IN MARCH 2016. IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED DEA…
2015-10-17 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW 135I. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE…
2015-04-10 AIR BAGS No 0 PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT INDICATED THAT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS OFF WHEN PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER ADU…
2014-01-01 ENGINE No 0 VEHICLE WILL "JOLT" FORWARD. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO ME OVER 100 TIMES. THE ISSUE IS BEST DESCRIBED LIKE THIS. I WIL…
2012-11-07 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHEN MOVING SLOWLY AND THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATING, SUCH AS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO A BUSY ROAD, THE CAR SEEMS TO SH…
2011-11-30 ENGINE No 0 ENGINE ACCELERATION LAG. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED DOWN. THIS OCCURS WHEN IT IS MOVING AT A SLOW S…
2011-10-30 ENGINE Yes 1 THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I WAS HIT IN THE REAR. STARTING TO BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT CAUSE THE…
2011-09-01 ENGINE No 0 CROSSING THE STREET---I HAD THE GAS PEDDLE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR (TWICE YESTERDAY) AND THE CAR LITERALLY DID NOT MOV…