So I was driving home today in my 06 530xi, I was on the left lane on the highway and someone just cut right in front of me. I had downshift the car and hit the breaks to avoid a fender bender. As soon as I try to put the car back to the high gear again I completely lost my acceleration....try all different gear but nothing works. Had to pull over and called road side assistance, dunno what the heck is going on...
A friend of mine called a Mechanic for me today and he said it has something to do with the Gas I put in the car this morning. I was at 76 gas station this morning, put in 3/4 tank of premium (92). My friend told me 76 is the worst around area. I used to live in Texas and just moved to West Washington State. The Mechanic said something about a fuel cut or lock, I really dunno what's going...
Does anyone have a similar experience?
btw I had a 6 speed, not automatic

 

Bah! That's bullshit. If that were _truly_ the case you wouldn't have been able to drive anywhere on the tank when you filled up. The fuel cut/lock only occurs when a vehicle has a sudden impact - like in a crash.

When you pulled over, did you try "turning it off and on again?" Sometimes if it's a sensor, it will reset on the next 'start up.'

 

yea wasn't sure what he was talking about
But when I came to a stop I took the key out and waited for a bit then try to start the car
The Battery is fine but when the I was looking at the RPM and it jumps a bit ups and downs above 0, not sure how to describe the sound but I think it came from the starter

 

maybe something wrong with the clutch?

 

Not sure yet but it could be, too bad today is Sunday

 

would the car be downshifting ????

 

Does it idle? Can you rev it in neutral?

 

My old E38 740 decided to die just as I pulled out from a road end, I caused a tail back with the occupants of a fire engine all looking extremely p!ssed. Mine turned out to be the fuel pump, the funny thing is i told the AA guy that I thought it was this. He spent a couple of hours diagnosing then concluding the fuel pump had died, he could get it to start by hitting it with a rubber malllet but it died after a second or two.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

 

There's no response after I drop from 6th to 2nd then try to put back to 4th
I try to shift to all gear after I stop the car but no sound or anything
They are still checking on my today and they will have an answer for me tomorrow...at least that's what they said

 

yea I think I will have some idea tomorrow
I was just hoping the thing that was broken or needs to be fix will be cover by the CPO warranty