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BMW 335IS Acceleration problems by year

4 complaints filed with NHTSA about the BMW 335IS's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Acceleration complaints by model year

YearAcceleration complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest 335IS acceleration complaints

2013 BMW 335ISAcceleration & cruise control

Had similar problem as previously reported incident (09/30/2013), the loss power. This was the second time for me. The first incident occurred on october 29, 2013. When I put foot on gas, the car would not accelerate. I took car to dealer and two days later was told the auxiliary power supply needed to be replaced, but the replacement part was unavailable: there were no parts in the country nor could they tell me when the part would be available. I was told I could continue operate the car and I should not be...

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concerned. The loss of power occurred again november 15. I also noticed similar to the previously reported incident a change in the engine temperature - the temperature dropped from about 250 deg to about 205 deg. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10552529
2013 BMW 335ISTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Transmission problem resulting in violent shuddering of the vehicle body and abrupt engine stops resulting in dangerous driving conditions. Fluctuations in the tachometer when the car attempted to stop and the car would automatically change gears to neutral or park. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10550631
2013 BMW 335ISAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

As I was approaching the on ramp for the highway, I sped up in order to merge into oncoming traffic. I depressed the gas pedal completely to the floor but the car picked up extremely slowly as if it did not have any power. I also noticed at the same time that my engine temperature seemed to be unusually low for a vehicle that had been running for over an hour. There had also been an extremely loud fan noise that would come on every 2 minutes or so. As a result of the lack of power, I nearly caused a collision...

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between myself and the vehicle behind me because the oncoming vehicle did not anticipate someone merging onto the highway at such a slow pace. I continued to drive without power for about 20 minutes as if the car was a naturally aspirated vehicle even though it was clearly turbo charged but the turbo never kicked in. When I got off of the highway and was able to pull over to restart my vehicle, the car started to run as normal. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10546219
2013 BMW 335ISTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise controlBrakes

The subject vehicle accelerated unexpectedly when the car was slowly turning into a parking space in a parking lot. The driver had to suddenly press very hard on the brake in order to stop the car. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed control · Service brakesNHTSA 10494881

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