Service Engine Light On Problems of BMW 335

Service engine light has illuminated on 3 occasions causing me to fail smog inspection the first time it happened.

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I was driving vehicle on 295 near hamilton NJ and while accelerating the car lost power. The car was not responses and when I would try to press accelerator the car and steering wheel shook violently. The service engine light came on. The speed rapidly decreased and put me in very dangerous situation. I was very lucky that I was able to put hazard lights on and pull to shoulder. I turned car off and restarted and the car, the service engine light turned off and I immediately dropped car off at dealer.

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While sitting still at the first incident the car stalled for no reason. Over the next two weeks the car started to run very rough and the service engine light would come on. You could turn it off and restart and it would be fine for a little while, now my engine light stays on all the time and my #3 injector needs replaced. BMW did recall the injectors for the 2008 models, but not my 2007, the cost is my responsibility and many other 2007 owners have had the same problem. I do. Have a BMW extended warranty for my fuel pressure regulator, not a recall, but they go bad several times a year. A recall should be extended for the 2007 injectors.

On July 24, 2010, my 2008 BMW 335i sedan experienced an hpfp failure in heavy traffic at highway speed. My 335i (delivered July 2008) has had long start cranks for at least one year. My washington, DC BMW dealership has said it cannot replace the hpfp until it fails or throws an electronic code. On July 24, I was driving approx 500 miles to a vacation. 350 miles into the trip, on I-87 at approx 65mph in very heavy traffic, a car cut into my (middle) lane. I moved to the left lane and quickly applied medium throttle to keep up with traffic. My engine stumbled severely as I changed lanes/accelerated and the half-power engine light came on. The car began running extremely roughly, would not accelerate and lost speed rapidly, in the left lane of very crowded highway. The car behind me nearly rear-ended me. I shut off any accessories (air conditioning, stereo, etc. ), pushed the gas pedal to the floor and was able to maintain approx 50-55mph on a long downhill as I merged over to the right lane and was able to get out of traffic. As I pulled off, the car neared a stall, with the engine idle jumping wildly. I turned the car off. A minute or two after turning it back on, the half-power engine icon came on again, along with a service engine soon light, and the engine again had almost no power to accelerate and ran roughly. The hpfp and lower pressure fuel sensor were replaced by keeler BMW, latham, NY, on July 29, 2010. My car had received the software update during a past service. I've known about the hpfp problem for several years. Because of the long cranks, I have been waiting for mine to fail and hoped it would not be in a dangerous situation. I noted a recent article in which a BMW spokesperson said the failures are not occurring at highway speed. Given my experience, BMW needs to be honest about this problem. I was driving at highway speed, in very heavy traffic, and feel fortunate to have come out without getting in an accident or worse.