535i petrol April 2012 9500 miles. Stunning car. Stopped suddenly on M6 with fuel system message. Recovered to Maidstone (5h in recovery vehicle!), delivered to dealer Arden Maidstone.

3 days for repair: replacement high pressure fuel pump. 3 days later, car failed again with - allegedly - start/stop system failure. Recovered to Arden again. 7 days waiting for part from Germany, turned out to be intermediate fuel pump (there are 3 pumps apparently).

Not a very good experience. I have owned BMWs - mostly 7s - for over 20 years and had no failures at all, so confidence is a bit low at the moment.

Is this a trend?