Originally Posted by Krill' post='435765

Mine is also idling at around 600-700 rpm and also quite rough.
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Originally Posted by darraghn' post='429079' date='May 28 2007, 11:40 AM

Does anybody else have a problem with cylinder injectors with the new direct engines in the E60 LCI 5 series?

I got my car over a month ago and after a few days I noticed that the engine was a little "lumpy" at idle - I have had two 330Ci's before so I know how smooth the BMW 6 should be. Anyway, I told the dealer who said the service manager would contact me - she never did but I was too busy to chase as I had a new baby on the way.

On the very day my wife started to give birth - I was driving home, I braked at some traffic lights and the engine started shaking and shudering VERY violently. I'm guessing that if it had been a manual it wold have cut out. I continued on carefully - the problem wasn't so bad over 2,000 RPM and I was only 5 minutes from the house. I had to take my wife to the hospital in our other car because I didn't trust the BMW. But at least everything worked out well on that front - we have a beautiful new daughter

When I tried to drive the car the next day, it would barely move over 5 miles an hour and was completely unresponsive to the throttle. I called BMW assist the next day because I didn't want to damanage the engine driving it to the dealer. The technician plugged into the OBC and diagnosed a cylinder 1 injector fault. He removed the injector but couldn't find anything obvious. In doing so he switched the car out of limp-home mode and suggested that I could drive the car to the dealer 15 minutes away.

The dealer diagnosed the same problem and said the would order a new injector, gave me a loaner 318i and said it would be fixed in three days. Over two and half weeks later I am still waiting

Neither BMW Ireland, BMW UK nor unbelievably BMW Germany have any injectors in stock because it is a brand new engine type. The dealer appears to be very pro-active and is trying to sort out the problem. They tried to get an injector from one of their new demo 3 series, but the part number is different and the injectors are a different length. I suggested that they could at least get one from the factory but apparently BMW Germany won't do that. The deaer has also told me that they have one other 523i and a 3 series with the same problem. We are still waiting for them to even dispatch the part from Germany!

My question is: does anybody else have his problem or have any words of wisdom?

Many thanks.

Originally Posted by jvf' post='440034' date='Jun 26 2007, 07:53 PM

Hi
my wife took delivery of 523i m-sport on 07-june and 3 days 300 miles later the engine coughed, splutterd and died at about 20mph,she lost power steering & brakes and in a panic collided into the curb damaging both near side wheels 19" options. recoverd to dealers and diagnosed as a high pressure pump / injecter failure. i was later told that no parts available aprox 2 months. i immedialty rejected the car and today bmw have accepted, i do not believe that spares are not available for this length of time and given that you and other are experiencing similar problems it can only mean there is design fault and that they are now trying to find a solution. i have reorderd a 525dm to replace it 8 weeks delivery. on a more positive note i took delivery of a 525i m at the same time 2000 miles running like a dream (fingers crossed).
suggest this as possible route to satisfaction.

good luck

Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='443032' date='Jul 3 2007, 07:03 PM

Seems like a huge and common problem :thumbsdown:

BMW should make an recall for all N53 engined 523i's.

We at e60.net only present a small number of E60 drivers,
but still all these memebers have a problem with the N53 engine:

cybergamer
jvf
ASenna04
qum_ram
Krill
Scandic24
darraghn