2009 BMW 535I Engine Problems

“As I am driving my Bmw after 5 minutes of start it. I smelled oil coming out of the engine. Even after not drink the car for about one week the smell was still there. I am concern that something is wrong with the engine. Even on a cool 60 degree day the engine is too hot to touch. I feel that the coolant in not going to the engine since after putting a full amount of coolant the coolant is deplete after one hour.”

“As my wife was driving home, in an only ankle deep puddle inside of our subdivision, water was able to get into the air intake causing the vehicle to hydrolock and eventually destroy the engine. I believe such a small amount of water should not be able to disable a car in the middle of a rainstorm. I observed numerous other vehicles traveling thru just fine including a late model infiniti q50.”

“Bmw 2009 535 xi owner. Out of all of the times taking the car for service for various reasons, I decided to look for information regarding my latest issue. Twin turbo. I was told the rear turbo was bad and it is recommended to do both. I had the car serviced in october, they told me the oil smell was due to the spring from oil cap missing. Before oct 2019 I complained about the oil smell and was told it was a leak from a hose (I never saw any fluids on ground) this last incident, I was on the road when I exited the highway I got an engine warning to shut off the engine immediately. …”

“Takata recall, I bought the car back in late august, at a dealership called deluxe auto located in linden, new jersey. The dealership offered me a warranty, 30 days free and 90 days to decide to get the warranty or not. The initial offer was about 60$ monthly, at 79k miles. After having the car for a month driving on the highway late at night the car starting shaking and turned off on the highway. Fuel pump errors. Car was towed off the highway. After a few hrs car started and ran normally. Went to the dealership, got warranty. The offer now was at 120$ a month. …”

“I was driving my vehicle northbound on the kennedy expressway (I-90) between montrose and lawrence exit here in chicago when my car stalled the middle of a very busy highway. I attempted to restart it with reduced power that allowed me to drive my vehicle to the shoulders but it was a scary experience nonetheless with high speed cars and trucks passing by you. It was determined that it was a fuel pump issue relating to an existing recall/class action lawsuit. Anyway, the car was never fully fixed; I mean I had at several instances of car stalling again and again. …”