# 2003 BMW Z4 - Engine Shuts down when warm

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** bmw\
**Created:** [February 3, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973 "2025-02-03T14:42:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![garrysxgd71\_192720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@garrysxgd71\_192720](https://community.cartalk.com/u/garrysxgd71_192720)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973/1 "2025-02-03T14:42:35Z")

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engine shuts of after warmed up. no eml codes stored. car will usualy start back up but will stall again few mins later. any advice

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973/2 "2025-02-03T22:25:46Z")

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I am not sure if this is the reason for your problem, but I will pass this recall on.

[RCRIT-04V182-7487.pdf](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2004/RCRIT-04V182-7487.pdf)

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973/3 "2025-02-04T20:33:16Z")

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A bad crankshaft position sensor can cause that.

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**Author:** ![Darron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/darron/32/21829_2.png) [@Darron](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darron)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-bmw-z4-engine-shuts-down-when-warm/198973/4 "2025-02-05T08:49:02Z")

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As weekend warrior says that was a possibility but I’d imagine it would have shown up before now, all the ones sold through us back in the day were done within a couple of months. If you’re getting no codes it may a blocked carbon canister for the fuel system, I’ve also seen the DME go bad and hence no code stored