2000 BMW 323I Complaints

BMW 323 LOST REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING! WITHOUT WARNING, MY 3000 BMW 323I WITH 62,300 MILES HAD NO REVERSE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION GARAGE. PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A BROKEN REVERSE DRUM THAT SHED METALLIC PARTS THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING A OVERHAUL. COST $2800. *TR

'2000 BMW 323I, 108K, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT NO ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS SO FAR INTERMITTENT AND HAS TAKEN PLACE THREE TIMES WITHIN 1 WEEK. ALL OTHER GEARS APPEAR TO WORK FINE. ALL INSTANCES I HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH CAR OUT OF PACKING SPOT. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND REVERSE WORKED AT THE TIME SO COULD NOT DETERMINE FAULT. I HAVE SINCE SEEN MANY IDENTICAL REPORTS LISTED ON WEB. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 BMW 323I WITH ZERO ACCIDENTS. THERE ARE 88,000 MILES ON IT, AND SUDDENLY THE REVERSE GEAR IS NOT WORKING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THIS VERY MAKE AND MODEL. I CONTACTED BMW IMMEDIATELY AND NOT ONLY DID THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS TRANSMISSION, BUT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO ABOUT MY SITUATION. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS PROBLEM TO HAVE AT ONLY 88,000 MILES. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FORMAL NOTICE OF BMW'S DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2000 BMW 323I WITH 93K MILES. MY CAR HAS NEVER MISSED A SERVICING. YESTERDAY, WHILE PARKED, IT WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. THERE WAS NOT WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS FAILING. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTHORIZED BMW SPECIALIST, AND THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $5,520 TO INSTALL A REBUILT TRANSMISSION FROM BMW. I HAVE READ ONLINE OF HUNDREDS OF VERY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY WITH BMW 2000 323I. I AM SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLED IN NJ IN 10/08, MDL 1922. BMW HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT BY GM. THE SAME TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED IN THE CADILLAC. WHEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, GM RECALLED ALL THE CADILLAC'S. BMW SHOULD DO THE SAME THING. A TRANSMISSION NOT GOING IN REVERSE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

I GOT INTO MY 2000 BMW 323I, AND PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE BUT THE DID NOTHING BUT IDLE. I'VE BOUGHT THE CAR USED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO WITH 92K MI, AND I NOW HAS 100K. THE CAR CLEARLY HAS BEEN MAINTENANCE METICULOUSLY AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND PRIOR TO THIS. *TR

MY 2000 BMW 323I AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD NO REVERSE AT 72,000 MILES. ALL THE OTHER GEARS WORK FINE. THERE WAS NO SIGNS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND COST ME $3000. ITS BEEN 4 YEARS SINCE AND STILL NO RECALL DESPITE THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SITUATION. BMW OUTSOURCED THIS TRANSMISSION TO GM WHO USED THE SAME ONE ON THEIR ESCALADES WHICH ALSO FAILED. GM REPLACED THEIR TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T REPLACE BMW'S BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSOURCED....IT WOULD BE REAL NICE IF SOMETHING WAS DONE AND I GET BACK SOME OF THIS MONEY SOME DAY... *TR

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THERE IS NO POWER. ENGINE REVS AS IF IN NEUTRAL. FORWARD GEARS SEEM FINE. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING INDICATORS. ESTIMATED COST OF REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IS $6K. *TR

I HAD DROPPED MY WIFE OFF AT WORK AFTER LUNCH AND WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING STALL. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, LET OFF THE BRAKE AND WAS WATCHING FOR CARS BEHIND ME. I WENT TO GIVE IT A LITTLE GAS TO CONTINUE BACKING UP AND IT REVVED UP AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I STOPPED, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THEN BACK IN REVERSE AND STILL NOTHING. NO GEAR OR NOTHING. I DROVE HOME IN DRIVE JUST FINE. I PUT IT IN THE GARAGE. I HAVE TESTED IT SINCE AND IT DOES NOTHING IN REVERSE, BUT DRIVES JUST FINE IN DRIVE. *TR

MY 2000 BMW 323I HAS SUB FRAME FRACTURES AS DEFINED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST BMW. IN THE SETTLEMENT, BMW HAS AGREED TO INSPECT AND REPAIR ALL EFFECTED VEHICLES. THE DEALER TOLD ME MY CAR WAS UNREPAIRABLE AND OFFERED ME A CASH SETTLEMENT WELL BELOW AVG TRADE-IN VALUE. I WANT MY CAR FIXED. *TR

ON JULY 1, 2009 RECALL REPAIRS WERE MADE AT UNITED BMW ROSWELL, GA FOR A RECALLED AIRBAG MODULE. A WEEK LATER MY 2000 BMW 323I WAS PARKED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND A TOW TRUCK WAS SENT TO PICKUP AND RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER A DAY OF DIAGNOSTIC WORK ON THE CAR THE DEALERSHIP STATES THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION. BMW NORTH AMERICA WAS NOTIFIED AFTER DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND IS CURRENTLY BEING "INVESTIGATED".... *TR