5.9
fairly significant- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 13,757 miles
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Erratic idle... when stopped at a stop light, car in neutral, the rpms rev in spikes from 500 to 1500, up and down, up and down. The car never resets to a constant idle. Car has been in shop 8 - 9 times over 18 days total. No solution. Tech told me BMW know of problem but has no plans to find a fix.
- Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
There is a problem with the BMW 3.0L engine where idling once the engine is warmed-up is usually very rough in the range of 500-700 RPM. There is also a tendency to dip below 500 RPM and stall out. This started happening when the car only had 700 miles on it. I consider the stall a failure.
- Wilmington, DE, USA
Car has stalled twice for no apparent reason. Car has consistent rough idle and verges on stalling at times.
- Hayward, CA, USA
My 2003 BMW 330I zhp has a rough idle and occasionally stalls. I've had it serviced 3 times, but issue still not resolved.
- Clayton, CA, USA
2003 330I zhp (performance package) : 6K miles... car idle's rough and stalls occasionally. Dealer / service had no error reports in the computer, said they could do nothing about it. Problem continues...
- Venice, CA, USA
Erratic engine idle and stall.at idle engine rpms will drop causing a stall/stutter. This happens frequently and in all types of weather conditions. This effects all 330I zhp (performance pkg) model.
- Smyrna, GA, USA
- Fairfax, VA, USA