BMW US Recall Details

BMW announced a massive recall in America involving nearly 151,000 vehicles including model year 2007 to 2010 335i, 135i, 535i and X6 xDrive35i Sports Activity, Z4 Roadster sDrive35i, and X5.

Apart from the X5 which is being recalled for an issue with its low-pressure fuel pump and accounts for 20,800 units of recalled cars, the other models are all equipped with the N54 twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine, and that’s the problem!

This engines turns out to be not so reliable. There is an issue with the engine’s High Precision Injection direct fuel injection system. Affected vehicles may experience a failure of the high-pressure fuel pump.

Symptoms include long-crank engine starting times along with the illumination of the “Service Engine Soon” light. In certain cases, the driver may experience reduced engine performance in a Safe Mode accompanied by a tone and the illumination of the “Engine Malfunction” light.