BMW 1 series loss of power

[loulou987]

Having problems with my BMW 116D  - its got about 28,000 on the clock - not sure if that makes a difference! A couple of times when changing from 1st to 2nd, it loses power. There is no acceleration at all for about 8 seconds after changing into 2nd, and then it suddenly surges. There are no fault lights and nothing is showing on the computer system. nearly got wiped out on a roundabout the other day - Its now the 3rd time the garage have had it in, but cant find anything. Any advice please?

[Greydog]

Morning Louisa

Welcome to the Forum

When you say "the Garage have had it "is that a BMW dealer or Specialist or and Independent garage? Without the correct software they will not see all the fault codes so will not see a problem, worse they may start throwing your money at the issue in an attempt to cure it.

I would think that the car is still under BMW warranty (under 3 years and only 28k) so I would start there, with a BMW dealer don't be afraid to go to a different dealer there can be massive differences in their attitude.

Dave