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nicolasuruena · 05-28-2021, 10:27 PM

As the title says the nightmare has begun.
I’ve been in the market for a CLEAN 135i for 5 months now and finally decided to pull the trigger on a 1 owner, clean title, no accidents, and maintenance records in BMW Of Naples, here in South Florida. Went to the dealership in Miami, “Sports Cars Miami” to be precise. Car was in overall good shape, in need of some love. Black with beige boston leather, convertible. Took the car out of the dealership May 22nd at 7:10 PM. Car felt nice for the first 3 blocks, went onto 95 north ramp, trying to get up to speed, revved up the car up to 4k RPM”s, limp mode came on, service engine soon light came on, and my worse nightmare started. Texted the guy at the dealer, he told me to bring back the car on monday. Sunday passes by, car is sitting in my garage reading all over this forum to figure out what the issue was. Monday, took the car to the dealership and they stated the car had bad coils and sparkplugs, they swapped them for “new ones” and the car was ready to go. Monday passes by, drove the car approx 50 miles back home. Thursday, going to work, blown tire. Call the dealership, tow the truck, i get two new tires from them in the back, Bridgestone Pottenzas (Which they mismatched) One was runflat the other one was not. Drove the car back home, just for an engine knock starting to appear. Ive only driven the car for 100 miles now. Friday morning take it to my mechanic, pretty knowledgeable guy, he diagnoses that the rods are bad and i need a new engine. It has only been a week and now i need a new engine. I got AUL warranty from West Lake Financial, which only covers after 14 days after the date of purchase or 1000 miles, they pay 105 an hour, the deductible is $100 the rest is on me. Waiting on a response from the dealership, sent videos of the car with a check engine light on and the noise of the rods doing the infamous knocking sound. I’ve read a lot that these engines go bad, but who would’ve thought that a 75k miles with 7k miles oilchanges at the dealership will go bad? Towing the car tomorrow to the dealership in hopes of them fixing something. Not sure what to do, im 21 working pretty hard for my stuff but this is just crazy.
I’ll be more than happy to hear feedback from you guys. The price paid for the car was 18.000$ Taxes included. Keeping you posted in what the stealership says.
Be aware of this issue, seems like i ate the bad apple on this one.

05-28-2021, 10:27 PM	#1
nicolasuruena New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: BMW 328i E36 Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Ft Lauderdale Florida iTrader: (0)	BMW 135i N55 Engine going bad at 75k Miles. As the title says the nightmare has begun. I’ve been in the market for a CLEAN 135i for 5 months now and finally decided to pull the trigger on a 1 owner, clean title, no accidents, and maintenance records in BMW Of Naples, here in South Florida. Went to the dealership in Miami, “Sports Cars Miami” to be precise. Car was in overall good shape, in need of some love. Black with beige boston leather, convertible. Took the car out of the dealership May 22nd at 7:10 PM. Car felt nice for the first 3 blocks, went onto 95 north ramp, trying to get up to speed, revved up the car up to 4k RPM”s, limp mode came on, service engine soon light came on, and my worse nightmare started. Texted the guy at the dealer, he told me to bring back the car on monday. Sunday passes by, car is sitting in my garage reading all over this forum to figure out what the issue was. Monday, took the car to the dealership and they stated the car had bad coils and sparkplugs, they swapped them for “new ones” and the car was ready to go. Monday passes by, drove the car approx 50 miles back home. Thursday, going to work, blown tire. Call the dealership, tow the truck, i get two new tires from them in the back, Bridgestone Pottenzas (Which they mismatched) One was runflat the other one was not. Drove the car back home, just for an engine knock starting to appear. Ive only driven the car for 100 miles now. Friday morning take it to my mechanic, pretty knowledgeable guy, he diagnoses that the rods are bad and i need a new engine. It has only been a week and now i need a new engine. I got AUL warranty from West Lake Financial, which only covers after 14 days after the date of purchase or 1000 miles, they pay 105 an hour, the deductible is $100 the rest is on me. Waiting on a response from the dealership, sent videos of the car with a check engine light on and the noise of the rods doing the infamous knocking sound. I’ve read a lot that these engines go bad, but who would’ve thought that a 75k miles with 7k miles oilchanges at the dealership will go bad? Towing the car tomorrow to the dealership in hopes of them fixing something. Not sure what to do, im 21 working pretty hard for my stuff but this is just crazy. I’ll be more than happy to hear feedback from you guys. The price paid for the car was 18.000$ Taxes included. Keeping you posted in what the stealership says. Be aware of this issue, seems like i ate the bad apple on this one.
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