The Lemon Index$1,800 middle bill · most between $984 and $2,900
Higher than the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 83,000 miles (12 reports).
BMW 3 Series owners reported paying a median of $1,800 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $984 and $2,900. That's from 15 owner reports (15 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00027%
- $1,000–$2,50040%
- $2,500–$5,00013%
- $5,000 and up20%
Share of the 15 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
- 2004 BMW 3 Series2too few for a middle
- 2007 BMW 3 Series2too few for a middle
- 2008 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
- 2009 BMW 3 Series2too few for a middle
- 2010 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
- 2011 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
- 2013 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
- 2014 BMW 3 Series3$5,000 middle bill
- 2015 BMW 3 Series1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2007 BMW 3 Series121 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2008 BMW 3 Series68 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2014 BMW 3 Series49 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2009 BMW 3 Series44 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2011 BMW 3 Series25 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2010 BMW 3 Series14 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
BMW M54 · BMW N20 · BMW N52 · BMW N54 · BMW N55 · S54 · S55 · S65 4.0 V8
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- BMW 3 Series reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs BMW 3 Series owners reported
Transmission replacement (38) · Steering column repair (16) · Engine replacement (10) · Water pump replacement (9) · Timing chain replacement (8) · Wiring harness repair (8) · Brake repair (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11538073, 11499513, 11329467, 11245925, 11217811, 11091963, 10994140, 10840343, 10621163, 10545576, 10510544, 10508878 and more.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a BMW 3 Series?
BMW 3 Series owners reported a median of $1,800, and the middle half paid $984 to $2,900, from 15 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a BMW 3 Series fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The BMW 3 Series middle bill of $1,800 is higher than the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these BMW 3 Series repair costs come from?
From 15 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which BMW 3 Series years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2007 (121), 2008 (68), 2014 (49) BMW 3 Series named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.