2011 BMW 335 problems
Owners have filed 37 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 BMW 335. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. After that come engine (22%) and electrical system (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 25 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Another vehicle took a hard illegal right from the left hand lane as I was going through an intersection. I was forced to hit the other vehicle and bounced off and hit head-on into a texaco sign. The air back barely deployed out of the steering wheel and the plastic,etc. Hit me in the face and broke my orbit bone and cheek bone. I had facial reconstructive surgery to repair my eye floor and cheek bone with titanium. I just survived stage 4 throat cancer this year and my jaws are now irreplaceable from radiation.
Monday morning pulled the car off the garage and noticed the front passenger tire light was on. Thought it was a nail in the tire and stopped at ntb to fix it. After taking the wheel off the car, the mechanic called me and indicated that the rim was cracked and they cannot do anything. My car is under warranty so called BMW and brought the car to the dealership.
I bought this 2011 BMW 335d used in april of 2014 with only 18,500 miles on it. This car runs on diesel. As soon as I started driving the car on the daily basis I noticed a smell of sulfur or exhaust inside the cabin. Every time I drive the car and especially when I accelerate I can smell it with the windows closed. It never goes away and is very distinctive in its nature. I took the car to the dealership and they found and fixed some oil leak but it did not resolve the issue with the smell.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 BMW 335. The contact stated that while having the vehicle inspected, it was discovered that the catalytic converter failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,161.
November 25, 2016 approximately 17:44 (5:44 pm est) my 2011 BMW 335d stalled while driving. "engine malfunction reduced power" alert was on screen. I was able to re-start it, and continued on my way. This is a re-occurring dangerous problem with this car. BMW needs to fix this before somebody gets killed.
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