Three problems related to engine belts and pulleys have been reported for the 2013 BMW 328. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Replaced an about to blow timing shaft and timing belt for a n26 f30 BMW 328i. Will cause catastrophic failure of engine in case its blows up. I had it happen to me when I had 74k miles. BMW extended warranty until 70k but since my incident happened at 74k BMW refused to offer any help. This is a manufacturer defect as the composite material used to make the timing chain was brittle and was replaced in 2015.
Tl the contact owns a 2013 BMW 328i. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and traveled to the floorboard. Also, the contact heard an abnormal bumping noise and the vehicle hesitated upon starting. When the vehicle was restarted, it resumed normal operation; however, the seat belt warning indicator illuminated. The contact called BMW of henderson (261 auto mall dr, henderson, nv 89014, (702) 570-0278) and BMW of las vegas (6900 w sahara Ave, las vegas, nv 89117, (702) 570-0279) and was informed that the vehicle was not covered under a warranty. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 39,000.
On 6/5/2017 I was driving on a very busy garden state parkway in the afternoon at about 65 mph (which is a legal speed limit) when my car started shuddering, shaking and slowing down and a message came on saying "drive train malfunction. " I immediately called my husband who told me to pull over and shut off the car for 5 minutes. He managed to calm me down. When I restarted the car, the message was gone and it drove ok. I was very scared to drive it but the message has not come back. Instead my husband's BMW x3 2013 had the same message 2 months later and he was also on the highway during the incident. BMW service told him that the problem is the timing belt. We were reading all the complaints and primarily they are about the drive train malfunction - it has a faulty plastic part, which since 2015 was replaced by a metal part. I was driving in the middle lane of a very busy highway and I could have been killed (and my husband too). What does it take for BMW or NHTSA to issue a recall for this problem - a death or few?.