This deal is profitable. The price is 4.1 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $15750
Fair price: $17204
High price: $18657
MPG: 18 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: A & M Motorsports Inc
Mileage: 69,970
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 BMW 1 Series 135i
Estimated: $49375 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$4327
$2077
$1817
$1644
$1471
$11336
Insurance
$1959
$2027
$2098
$2172
$2248
$10504
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2642
$2002
$1300
$1666
$2235
$9845
Repairs
$955
$1118
$1274
$1393
$1602
$6342
Taxes & Fees
$1653
$1653
$1653
$1653
$1653
$2449
Total Ownership Costs
$13195
$9121
$8498
$8869
$9692
$49375
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Cabriolet/Convertible
Displacement CC: 2979.1682352
Displacement CI: 181.8
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 300
Engine KW: 223.7100
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 135i
Model Year: 2012
Other Restraint System Info: Head Inflatable Restraint for Driver and Front Passenger.
Knee Inflatable Restraint for Driver and Front Passenger.
Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
Plant City: Leipzig
Plant Country: Germany
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 1-Series
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
MY 2008 BMW 135I STARTED TAKING 10-20 SECONDS FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A BMW DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT BMW INFORMED THEM THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE TO DO THIS. AND TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO BAD ON THIS VEHICLE, UNTIL A CODE WAS DETECTED. TODAY, WHILE TRYING TO MERGE IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD REDUCED POWER AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME OR THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THE CAR ALSO SHOWED AN ICON ON THE DASH THAT INDICATED THE CAR HAD GONE INTO LIMP MODE OR REDUCED POWER MODE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IF A CAR HAD BEEN BEHIND ME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR
2012
ENGINE
FROM THE TIME OF OWNERSHIP (MARCH 16, 2012) TO NOW, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF DURING OPERATION WHILE IN IDLE RPM SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A SIX-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHETHER THE CLUTCH IS FULLY PRESSED IN AND IN-GEAR, OR THE VEHICLE IS OUT-OF-GEAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE IDLE RPMS DROPPING AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHILE STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, STOPPING FOR A STOP SIGN, OR IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VEHICLE IS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT 25MPH. THE CLUTCH IS FULLY PRESSED IN, THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND THE GEAR SHIFTER IS CHANGED FROM 3RD GEAR TO 1ST GEAR. WHILE APPROACHING A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE CLUTCH STILL FULLY PRESSED IN, THE ENGINE RPMS WILL DROP FROM NORMAL IDLE SPEED (600-800RPM) TO ZERO. THEREFORE THE ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF GOING 3-5MPH, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO POWER STEERING AND NO POWER BRAKES. SOMETIMES THIS STALL IS VIOLENT; THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE RPMS DROP. OTHER TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT THE DRIVER EVEN NOTICING. ALSO, THIS VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WHILE TAKING A TURN AT 15-20MPH AND THE DRIVER HAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT ON BOTH OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THIS STALLING ISSUE. THIS CRITICAL SAFETY PROBLEM OCCURRED AT A MAGNITUDE OF ONCE A MONTH FROM MARCH 2012 UNTIL JULY 2013. FROM JULY 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 2013, THIS STALLING ISSUE OCCURRED THREE TIMES A WEEK. THEN FROM SEPTEMBER 2013 TO NOW, THE PROBLEM WENT BACK TO ONCE EVERY MONTH. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES BUT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE; THEREFORE APPLYING NO REPAIR OR SOLUTION TO THIS CRITICAL PROBLEM. BMW NORTH AMERICA WAS CONTACTED AFTER THE SHOP FOREMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE FIXED. BMW NORTH AMERICA DID NOT HELP IN ANY WAY, THEREFORE LAWYER-INVOLVEMENT IS IN EFFECT TO ATTEMPT IN LEMONING THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE. *TR
