2014 BMW 428I Brakes Problems

“I was stopped at a red light behind another vehicle with my foot applied to the brake. Suddenly my car surged forward. I immediately pushed my foot down on the brake harder. Nothing happened. My car continued to surge forward, hitting the car in front of me. I put on the emergency brake and put the car in park. We got out of our vehicles. Fortunately her car only received minor scratches on her spare tire compartment (it's attached to the back of the vehicle) but my car received the damage as the hood went under the spare tire compartment. …”

“On june 19th 2016 I was driving my 2014 bmw428i with 5200 miles on the odometer. As I approached a red light signal I began to apply the brakes slowing to 5-10 MPH.instead of coming to a stop the vehicle became energized and began surging forward. I applied as much pressure as possible to the brake pedal but to no avail as the vehicle continued its surge forward until it struck the stopped vehicle ahead of me. Luckily no damages, no injuries on monday june 20th I took the vehicle to the dealership and they told me that they would check it out . …”

“Driving down a neighborhood road with my wife as a passenger on july 12 and going at about 25 miles an hour approaching the traffic light at a busy intersection, I noticed that my two-weeks old brand new Bmw was not slowing down although I made several attempts to stop it by using the foot pedal to brake. The closer I got to the car in front of me, I continued to attempt to stop the car but it failed and I ended up hitting the car in front of me. Fortunately, the person in the car that I hit was not injured and neither were we. …”

“I was at a stop waiting to enter freeway, had my foot on the break pedal and my 428I started accelerating on its own. I was very scared since it would not stop and nearly rammed into the vehicle in front of me. I started honking so vehicle in front would move forward. I put emergency break (hand break) and car on park. Smoke was coming out of the sides of the vehicle. I'm so blessed to have been at a stop and not on freeway at time this happened. I did contact sos and vehicle was towed back to dealership where purchase was made. …”

“Emergency brake cable holder came apart and clips broke causing cable to bounce around near transmission and drive shaft. The cable, holder and/or clips made a grinding sound when the vehicle was operated at high RPM and torque while driving in lower gears. Not related to any collision or unusual operating conditions. Noise first began august 2019. Repair on 4 oct 2019 identified the cause of the noise.”