2000 BMW 323I Complaints

FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MY 2000 BMW 323I, WHICH HAD ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT, SUDDENLY COULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP WHICH SPECIALIZES IN BMWS AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. SO I DID; IT COST ALMOST $5,000. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 BMW 323I, GOT NO REVERSE. I WAS ON THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET WHEN MY REVERSE DIDN'T WORK!!!!....I HAD TO KEEP GOING FORWARD, I WOULD HAVE CRASHED IF IT WASN'T FOR A GOOD SAMARITAN WHO SLAMMED HIS BRAKES BEHIND ME AND HELPED ME PUSH MY CAR INTO POSITION SO I CAN DRIVE FORWARD. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 323I BMW AND MY REVERSE GEAR JUST RANDOMLY GAVE UP. I CANNOT USE THE ACCELERATOR WHEN REVERSING. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND THIS IS A COSTLY ISSUE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE BMW'S LOOKS LIKE THE 1999 AND 2000 MODELS. *TR

STARTED MY BMW 323I 2000 ONE DAY (132,000 MILES ON IT) AND IT WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. DRIVES FORWARD OK, BUT WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE. BROUGHT IT TO THE BMW DEALER AND THEY WANT $7000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *CN

I OWN A 2000 BMW 323I WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 1/2 AGO. SINCE MY PURCHASE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH IT . FIRST THE ALTERNATOR WENT-COST 520.00, THEN LEAK IN RADIATOR, REPLACED SEVERAL HOSES PLUS REPAIRS $ 500.00 AND NOW ON 01-29-2010, I WAS DOING ERRANDS , CAME OUT TURNED MY CAR ON , PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND NOTICED THAT IT WOULDN'T , IT JUST ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL.... NOW I TOWED CAR AND CALLED SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS COST IN THE RANGE OF $2500-6000 FOR EITHER REBUILT, NEW OR FROM A SALVAGED CAR YARD. I HAD NO INDICATION, NO NOISE OR SOUND OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE CAR DID DRIVE FORWARD. I NEED HELP. *TR

I OWN A 2000 BMW 323I AND HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE INFAMOUS "NO REVERSE" ISSUE AS HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED AND REPORTED BY MANY FOLKS NOW (SEE HTTP://NOREVERSE.ORG). THIS STEMS FROM A FAULTY REVERSE DRUM IN THE TRANSMISSION AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY BMW AS IT REALLY DOES APPEAR TO BE A COMMON FAILURE. *TR

2000 BMW 318I WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE. BOUGHT NEW IN 2000 FROM LONG BEACH BMW IN LONG BEACH CA. *TR

I HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 BMW 323CI UNTIL TODAY. WENT TO REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TRIED REVERSING AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED. TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TURNED IT BACK ON, PUT IT IN REVERSE, NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT AND DROVE FORWARD WITH NO PROBLEMS. MADE IT BACK TO MY WORK, PARKED IN THE SPOT AND TRIED REVERSING TO SEE IF IT WORKED, AND IT DID. RANDOM, WEIRD. CALLED MY AUTO MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS IS TYPICAL OF BMWS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING BAD. RESEARCHED OTHER SIMILAR OCCURRENCES AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS A COMMON ISSUE FOR BMWS RANGING FROM LATE 90S TO EARLY 2000S. *TR

2000 323CI HAS 94,000 ON THE DOT (LESS THAN 10K PER YEAR PUT ON IT), ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AS REQUIRED/SCHEDULED. YESTERDAY, 12/05/09, I DROVE THE CAR ALL DAY WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM AND LAST NIGHT I GOT IN THE CAR, PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND IT TRIED TO BACK UP THEN ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. MANAGED TO GET THE CAR OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT AND IT DROVE FORWARD JUST FINE. I GOT THE CAR HOME, ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP AGAIN AND IT TRIED TO BACK UP 2 OR 3 TIMES THEN ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AGAIN! REPAIRS WILL BE BETWEEN $2000-$5000 FOR A CAR THAT WAS IMMACULATELY KEPT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN CONCERN BY BMW AND THEY REFUSE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO VEHICLE OWNERS. *TR

2000 BMW 323CI TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED GOING INTO REVERSE. FORWARD GEARS WORK FINE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 75000 MILES. *TR