2000 BMW 323I Complaints

BOUGHT A USED 200 323I BMW WITH A STEPTRONIC TRANSMISSION ABOUT A MOTH OR TWO AGO WHICH WOULD BE IN THE TIME FROM OF ABOUT MAY TO JUNE OF 2008. IT WAS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION EVERYTHING RAN FINE PERFECT WELL TAKEN CARE OF, DROVE TO WORK ONE DAY TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND IT JUST ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I HAVE RED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING WITH THEIR 200 323 BMW'S. I WAS REFERRED HERE BY A FORUM THAT HAD OVER A HUNDRED COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY PROBLEM SO I AM SENDING ONE TO YOU GUYS IN HOPE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND HELPING PUSH A RECALL FOR THE 2000 323 BMW TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

REVERSE GEAR IN MY 2000 BMW 323I STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAD 80K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY. ALTHOUGH BMW NORTH AMERICA WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WAS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THEY DID OFFER TO PAY FOR HALF BUT I WAS STILL OUT OVER $2K A FEW WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THAT WAS AWESOME. *TR

I DROVE MY CAR TO THE STORE AND UPON RETURNING, I WAS UNABLE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR ANY PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. FORWARD GEARS CONTINUE WORK FINE. MY CAR ONLY HAS 79,900 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE. THE BMW SHOP WANTS $5100-$5400 TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMERS HAVE NO RECOURSE. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I PURCHASED IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT BMW WAS A REPUTABLE MAKER. PLEASE HELP. *TR

2000 BMW 323IT TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT IN BMW AUTOMOBILES ON INTERNET CHAT ROOMS AND NEWSGROUPS (SEARCH FOR "BMW TRANSMISSION FAILURE"). THIS FAILURE IS ALSO WELL KNOWN BY REPAIR SHOPS AND OWNERS GROUPS. OWNERS HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT THEIR OWN COST. *TR

I HAVE A YR 2000 BMW 323I SEDAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 103,000 MY CAR HAS FAILED TO GO INTO REVERSE. AS I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH ABOUT THIS FAILURE ON THE INTERNET, I'VE NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'S OWNED OR CURRENTLY OWN THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF THIS CAR. *TR

ON 7/23/08 MY 2000 BMW 323I WITH 78,000 MILES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION REFUSE TO MOVE IN REVERSE. I HAD A MECHANIC ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY OFFICE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. I HAVE WELL MAINTAINED MY CAR AND WAS SHOCKED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS. IT JUST REFUSED TO MOVE. I DID CALL BMW AT THE REQUEST OF MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME WITHOUT THE WARRANTY. I GOOGLED MY INFORMATION AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR AND MAKE OF THE CAR....EVEN SOME PEOPLE PUT THE DATE OF PURCHASE SUCH AS 7/2000 WHICH WAS MY EXACT DATE. ODD THAT THERE ARE SO MANY 323I'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM......WON'T MOVE IN REVERSE. THE GENTLEMAN AT BMW SAID HE HEARD NOTHING OF THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO ME. HE DID WITHIN THE HOUR AND SAID NO SUCH PROBLEM EXISTED AND TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $5800 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE HAS TO BE SOME JUSTICE DONE HERE. THESE COMPANIES CAN NOT BE SUPPLYING FAULTY MATERIALS AND BE EXPECTING THE CONSUMER TO PICK UP THE TAB BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOPPINESS. I FEEL VERY RIPPED OFF BY BMW WHOM I HAVE SAID NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CARS I HAVE EVER OWNED.......I NOW KNOW THEY ARE NOT FAIR PLAYERS. THEY SHOULD FESS UP TO THEIR MISTAKES. *TR

2000 323I WITH 92000 MILES ON IT. BACKED INTO GARAGE THE NIGHT BEFORE, LEFT FOR WORK NEXT MORNING AND STOP AT LOCAL STORE. CAME OUT AND IT WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. IT JUST SAT THERE LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. NO RECOURSE FROM BMW. JUST LIKE OTHER OWNERS OF BMW TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FRONT THE COST OF A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT BMW INSTALLED IN THERE VEHICLES. THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIRECTIVE COMING FROM THE FEDS TO HAVE BMW REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS AT NO COST THE OWNERS. *TR

MY BMW 323I WAS WORKING FINE YESTERDAY AND I GET IN IT THIS MORNING AND IT REFUSES TO DO REVERSE. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL AND I AM REVVING UP THE ENGINE. I HAVE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION OR TH PART REPAIRED BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO COST 2000. *TR

2000 BMW 323I WITH 93,000 MILES. WITHOUT WARNING THE REVERSE STOPPED ENGAGING (LIKE IT IS NEUTRAL). THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BE FINE IN THE FORWARD GEARS. AFTER CHECKING WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS AND THE BMW ENTHUSIAST WEBSITE I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEARS MODEL. THIS TRANSMISSION AND THE CARS IT IS INSTALLED IN SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

SUDDEN FAILURE OF REVERSE GEAR IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 BMW 323CI FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE BACKING. THE CAR HAS 93,000 MILES ON IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM (HTTP://WWW.NOREVERSE.ORG) THAT IS BEING IGNORED BY BMW. *TR