2011 BMW 535i has several issues. AC, soft close, and leak detection valve.
I purchased the car just 4 months ago with 104k. It's now only at 111k. The first issue is the ac is blowing hot air. When it was cool outside the heater would blow cold, but after about a month it started blowing heat all sudden so I had hoped the problem fixed itself. Now that the weather is hot the cold air will not blow. It's like I have the heater on at full blast. I bought some freon to put in it, but once I hooked it up the pressure read that it was completely full, maybe even a little overfilled. the compressor doesn't spin. Another issue is the driver door soft close started making this loud popping noise. It will still work, but even after the door closes it's like it keeps trying to pull the door in and sounds like a gear that keeps slipping. It's extremely loud. People look at me like wtf. And about a month ago my check engine light came on. Autozone said its giving fault code for emissions canister valve stuck open. But that it would be safe to drive and repair could wait that it shouldn't be to serious.The light would some test go out for a few days and then back on. Well a few days ago I was driving down the road and it felt like there was no has getting to the engine and it jerked forward and died. As I'm rolling to a stop, on the display it said fuel system malfunction drive moderately. Something like that. So after I got it pulled in to a lot where it had died. I tried to start it, and it would start after a few seconds of trying to start. But the idle was really off and would die in a couple seconds. I repeated and it did the same thing. So I tried to give it some gas but it died immediately, every time I tried to give it some gas. I thought maybe the fuel pump had went out. My grandpa met me at the car about an hour later. He jiggled something in the engine and we tried to start it and it fired up just fine. I dont believe whatever it was he jiggled had any effect on the car starting but it sure made him feel good. So I went with it. I drove it to autozone as soon as it started and had them hook it up to the diagnostic thing again. This time it said I needed to replace the leak detection valve. If anyone can give me any ideas as where to start the repair process I'd be very grateful. Because times are hard for my family right now and I dont see how I can afford to just start sending it to the shop not knowing if anyone else had these same issues. Thanks
