Drivetrain Malfunction

[Lerxst M4]

Well, it happened to me today on the way to work (first of hopefully not any more)...and I apologize if I caused any commute headaches to my fellow Houston peeps. Car totally stalled out on IH-610 (West Loop) in the middle lane on the Westheimer overpass at 6:40 AM. Needless to say I was not the most popular Frozen Red M5 stuck on the freeway in H-Town this morning.

Fun fact...no one was able to get the car into N and it had to be dragged on the flatbed with the back tires locked.

Got it to the dealership and the tech that came out tried a couple of times to start it and he is of the opinion that it is fuel pump related. Just finished reading all of the HPFP issues over the last 20 minutes and it looks (so far) as if I'm the next one with to have been bitten by the fuel pump bug.

2013 F10 M5 bone stock. Will update as I get them

[Lerxst M4]

Got the car back today after having the low pressure fuel pump replaced.

Anyone know why this would happen after only 11K miles?

[RPiM5]

Originally Posted by Lerxst M5

Got the car back today after having the low pressure fuel pump replaced.

Anyone know why this would happen after only 11K miles?

Very interesting. I don't know. I have an early build 2013 and I've been running now for 54,000 miles and no issues. It's hit or miss with these cars.

[Lerxst M4]

Originally Posted by RPiM5

Very interesting. I don't know. I have an early build 2013 and I've been running now for 54,000 miles and no issues. It's hit or miss with these cars.

Thanks for the reply and I concur. I guess on the bonus side of things, they replaced my battery while it was in. Oh well, TGForW(arranty)!

[Spinny02]

wrsbmw had the same issue if i recall.

[boots]

My fuel pumps went out at around 3k. Lucky I just around the corner from my home and made it back. No problems after they replaced them. Yea quit backing up the Frwy man. I knew it was you that day. Lol glad you got it fixed.

[wrsbmw]

Originally Posted by Lerxst M5

Got the car back today after having the low pressure fuel pump replaced.

Anyone know why this would happen after only 11K miles?

BTDT but mine was about 14k miles, don't have the M5 anymore but that was quickly followed by a HPFP failure and two more weeks of issues with the Dinan module and more CELs they had a hard time getting straight until they totally replaced he Dinan module. Anyway, hope you don't have any more issues after this. Mine fortunately died on a surface street right next to a parking lot entrance and I was able to coast into a parking spot.

What you have to do to get it into N is to crank it and jiggle the shifter when it sounds like it might fire. If it starts for just a second, and it will, then you get it to N and it can be put on the trailer.

[Lerxst M4]

Originally Posted by boots

My fuel pumps went out at around 3k. Lucky I just around the corner from my home and made it back. No problems after they replaced them. Yea quit backing up the Frwy man. I knew it was you that day. Lol glad you got it fixed.

Lol...I felt like the biggest tool sitting there clogging up Houston that morning. Service manager at Momentum recognized my car when Transtar zoomed in on me. I haven't seen too many Frozen Red M5's around here yet.

[Lerxst M4]

Originally Posted by wrsbmw

BTDT but mine was about 14k miles, don't have the M5 anymore but that was quickly followed by a HPFP failure and two more weeks of issues with the Dinan module and more CELs they had a hard time getting straight until they totally replaced he Dinan module. Anyway, hope you don't have any more issues after this. Mine fortunately died on a surface street right next to a parking lot entrance and I was able to coast into a parking spot.

What you have to do to get it into N is to crank it and jiggle the shifter when it sounds like it might fire. If it starts for just a second, and it will, then you get it to N and it can be put on the trailer.

Thanks for the info on getting this thing into N. I know the tech's were scratching their head when I got it to the dealership. I was able to get it into N while sitting on the freeway but as soon as it dies again, it reverted back to P. The tech had to remove the cup holder and detatch or move a lever under there to get it to stay in N for a minute or two to get it off the truck and into the shop.

Hope this isn't the start of fun times waiting on my hplp to S the B.