[hangover]

Originally Posted by professor_yo

Yup. Just got mine changed a week ago. Caused a complete drivetrain malfunction while I was racing on the highway. Lol

This is a BMW issue. Cant blame suppliers. Buck stops at the OEM. Period.

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by hangover

This is a BMW issue. Cant blame suppliers. Buck stops at the OEM. Period.

Bosch is the OEM.
They informed the car manufacturers there was a production problem with a certain batch and are paying for the manufacturers to replace it in those cars.

The production fault not a BMW issue.

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by hangover

Bad fuel pumps, turbos, etc. on my 135i that I sold years ago. Nadda an issue with my NA 5.0 S550.

Mercedes S550 has recalls for seatbelts and fuel leaks

[Blubaron79]

Originally Posted by hangover

Bad fuel pumps, turbos, etc. on my 135i that I sold years ago. Nadda an issue with my NA 5.0 S550.

Probably because you had the N54. That was BMW's beta test turbo. Since then there has barely been an issue.

[Blubaron79]

Looks Like JoeWalton and his *M 428 are not the best BMW made anymore.. It is getting recalled..

[BPMSport]

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

Bosch is the OEM.
They informed the car manufacturers there was a production problem with a certain batch and are paying for the manufacturers to replace it in those cars.

The production fault not a BMW issue.

Couldn't agree more.

[Bluesummer]

hello 2007. wait what?

[TheBingoBalls]

Originally Posted by hangover

This is a BMW issue. Cant blame suppliers. Buck stops at the OEM. Period.

Right...because BMW is supposed to inspect a design of another manufacturer that provides parts to various other companies.

[Mauricio Palacios. MD]

Originally Posted by x5mad

Wonder if this is worldwide. My 328 fits within the production dates for the recall, damn!

Worldwide.

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM475597/RCLRPT-15V189-2372.PDF

Exact models and production dates.

[Mauricio Palacios. MD]

Originally Posted by Golden Arrow

Interesting.

I wonder if this is a quality control issue, or if BMW made some design change going from '13 to '14 that didn't work.

Robert Bosch supplier. (Germany).

[Mauricio Palacios. MD]

Originally Posted by Hernandiaz11

I can almost guarantee that this recall isn't for the high pressure fuel pump, this recall must be for the low pressure pump. Check out my thread below:

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1034636

Low pressure pump. The one in the fuel tank.

[Mauricio Palacios. MD]

Read this fellows. All your doubts will be clarified…

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...5V189-2372.PDF

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by Bluesummer

hello 2007. wait what?

Totally different pump and issue

[E90Fleet]

For those that are worried, the low pressure fuel pump is pretty easy to replace. No engine work is required.

They just lift out the back seat (takes a couple seconds to remove)
Unscrew 1 cover, disconnect a couple fuel hoses and remove the one fuel level sensor and the low pressure fuel pump.

Should not take them long at all to do.

[Cuz5150]

Oh No's......whats this? Some kind late April fools joke.......
C'mon BMW, loosing faith in you with every passing day.

[bentwookie]

Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

Right...because BMW is supposed to inspect a design of another manufacturer that provides parts to various other companies.

Forgive me if my sarcasm detector is failing (not my fault, Bosch makes it), but yeah, they should know quite a bit about the design of that pump and how it's manufactured. Especially given that it's part of an overall system with some previous notoriety.

They should have understood that part forwards and backwards before integrating it into their own product. The alternative should scare you.

[like2short]

they should switch to Delphi!

[s!ke]

Originally Posted by Blubaron79

I know.. My old 335 had this. Now my new one. Oh well. My old one failed twice, and then I was given a 3rd one just because.

I was talking with a tech and he said they went through 7 revisions on the old e9x pumps and still never got it right.

[Blubaron79]

Originally Posted by s!ke

I was talking with a tech and he said they went through 7 revisions on the old e9x pumps and still never got it right.

After they fixed it the 3rd time there was never a problem. It seemed like the issue was the pump had to 'prime' before the car started. I think the pumps were running air before the fuel got there and burning up. That was the big thing I noticed after my 3rd fix. Now all N20 and N55's prime before they start up.

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by bentwookie

Forgive me if my sarcasm detector is failing (not my fault, Bosch makes it), but yeah, they should know quite a bit about the design of that pump and how it's manufactured. Especially given that it's part of an overall system with some previous notoriety.

They should have understood that part forwards and backwards before integrating it into their own product. The alternative should scare you.

They do know the part, they have used it for a long time ans are still using it.
Bosch had a manufacturing problem with a specific batch and those have been recalled.
Other batches have been fine.

[E90Fleet]

Originally Posted by s!ke

I was talking with a tech and he said they went through 7 revisions on the old e9x pumps and still never got it right.

Those were the high pressure pumps on the engine and were e new design.
This is the low pressure pump in the fuel tank and an "old" design.
Very different problem.

[TheBingoBalls]

Originally Posted by bentwookie

Forgive me if my sarcasm detector is failing (not my fault, Bosch makes it), but yeah, they should know quite a bit about the design of that pump and how it's manufactured. Especially given that it's part of an overall system with some previous notoriety.

They should have understood that part forwards and backwards before integrating it into their own product. The alternative should scare you.

So BMW should be doing Bosch's QA/QC for them? It's not BMW's job to order a part from Bosch and then independently test them to ensure they work - that's what BMW pays Bosch to do. Heck, why bother even ordering a part from a third party, why not just manufacture the part yourself? You go to a certain supplier because they're experts at what they do and provide so all proper measures should have been done before being shipped.