renegadeavenger - It ended up being a faulty vacuum pump, not the master cylinder as originally thought. They were able to procure the part and fix the problem in 2 days. My car was also manufactured in February. The reason I have so few posts, is that I registered for this forum immediately after the brakes failed - I only had the car for 1 day before this happened. The dealership and BMW should not be blamed from this, especially because the vehicle passed all of BMW's tests at the factory, and the dealership clearly thought the car was sellable. It must be a bad batch of pumps from a specific supplier. Not that I have any proof or reason to believe this, the sales manager at my dealership said that in the 17 years he's worked for BMW he has never seen this happen. If you guys really want, I can upload the documentation from the dealership this weekend.
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Originally Posted by renegadeavenger
Guys I believe the original poster of this thread. This brake failure happened to me and if I was going downhill my life would be at risk too.
E90bedi, when you stepped on your brakes did the pedal felt rock hard? If so that is exactly what I experienced too but luckily it failed not going down hill or on Highway.
This is seriously no joking matter, I don't care if people don't believe what's happening but in all honesty whoever is picking up a new bmw please be aware this happened on new 2013 models.
It also looks like guitarplayx had the same issue. However I am curious how the brakes are for him after master cylinder was replaced. My car was manufacturered in February. You can probably check the VIN number to figure out what date it was made. I am guessing there is a small batch that may be bad and bmw will eventually issue a recall on affected vehicles.
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