[siddharth99]

Hi, I got a new X5 last year but have been facing issues with the vehicle. Within a couple of months (Sep'2020) I ran into an issue where the car shutdown and it wasn't starting up. You could her the ignition and engine starting up but it would shut back down.

The car was towed to bmw and they found an issue with ekps supply module, fuel pump and connector. The explanation I got was that the supply module went rogue and it wasn't supplying fuel to the engine. The car worked fine since but I still ran into odd issue where the engine would shut down itself (not the auto on/off when your speed reaches 0) say when I stop at a red-light but the car started up fine so I never bothered. It also felt at times that on low speeds the engine is much less responsive as if it's not getting enough fuel.

Yesterday again, the same issue happened; I took the car out of parking and within 20-30 metres it stopped and wouldn't start up. It's likely the same issue, a fellow gentleman helped plug a bluedriver scan tool and it said something about fuel pressure. Note, I was low on fuel too but still had 40 miles before running out of fuel.

The car was towed again to the service center; I am not sure what's going on and looking for advise how to go about this. At this point both me and my wife feel that the car is proving unreliable and we would not like to be stuck on a mountain with a baby on board. If something similar has happened to anybody or if anyone can give an idea how best to go forward it would be great.

Also, to add in both cases when it was towed the car did start up if left alone for more than a few hours; maybe some sensor data or something gets reset when car is locked for an elongated period of time.


2020 BMW X5 xDrive40i