Ignition Module problems of the 1997 BMW 328

Sudden failure of ignition coil resulting in a shaking/vibrating vehicle. While accellerting in city traffic the car can lunge and jerk while accellerating, resulting in unpredictable accelleration. In city traffic this is very dangerous. I have investigated the ignition coils for BMW 3 series cars and it appears they fail a lot, yet there is no recall campaign! after investigating further it appears BMW has some recall campaigns for some of the newer cars. They suggest replacing all ignition coils with a new bosch model. My car has bremi model coils (part no. F3000-86682) and there is no bosch substitute according to the BMW dealer (plaza motors in st. Louis, mo). . Read more...