328i engine dying at 37k miles?
The engine on my 2013 328i dies out when auto start/stop is in use.
I had this issue on my way to work a couple of weeks ago:
Came to a stop in traffic and the gauge goes down to "Ready" like it has hundreds of times before. Everything was fine until I let go of the brake - suddenly the engine cuts out and drops to "Off"! In a bit of panic because there are cars behind me and traffic is starting to move. I turn everything off and back on and luckily the engine starts back up - this time a warning comes up - something along the lines of "Don't turn engine off because it may not come back on." Went straight to the dealer and there it won't come back on. They had to move it on rollers because it wouldn't even switch to neutral!
Service tech said it was a bad starter. "Probably a defective part from the factory." So they replaced it.
I got it back today and everything seemed fine until this evening the same thing happened again!!! Needless to say, I'm going back to the service center first thing tomorrow morning. Really freaked out about getting stuck on the road not being able to push it.
Curious if anyone else has had a similar problem.
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