2000 BMW 323I Complaints

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. RECALL FOR VEHICLE AIRBAGS IN EFFECT, HOWEVER MY SITUATION WAS FOUND TO BE UNRELATED TO THE RECALL. I ADVISE THE RECALL BE RE-INVESTIGATED TO INCLUDE SPONTANEOUS AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

I WAS UNAWARE OF THE PREVIOUS DEFECT NOTICES ABOUT THE FRAME / BODY HAVING A WEAK SPOT AND WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH WHEN MY REAR SHOCK AND THE PART THAT HOLDS THE SHOCK IN PLACE WENT THROUGH THE METAL FRAME RIPPING THE METAL AWAY AND ALLOWING THE SHOCK TO PUNCTURE THROUGH THE FRAME JUST BELOW THE TRUNK AREA AND THE CAR WAS THEN INOPERABLE. I WAS QUOTED A PRICE FOR REPAIR OF 6500 AND WAS INFORMED OF THE 2005/2006 LAWSUIT WHERE BMW WAS SUED FOR THIS DEFECT AND REPAIRED SOME CARS FOR A YEAR AFTER THE LAWSUIT ENDED BUT THIS WAS PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I CONTACTED BMW OF NO AMERICA HEADQUARTERS, THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALER AND HAVE THEM DO A DIAGNOSIS WHICH I IMMEDIATELY DID AND THAT COST WAS OVER $10K OF WHICH BMW OFFERED TO PAY ONLY 20%. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER BMW MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED IT FOR $3000 AND BMW WILL NOT PAY ANY PART OF THE BILL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DONE AT A DEALERSHIP, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW BMW CAN GET AWAY WITH A DEFECT LIKE THIS AND SO MANY CARS AFFECTED BY IT AND NOT HAVE TO REPAIR IT AT THEIR COST? IT IS THEIR DEFECT. *TR

2000 BMW 323I. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUB-FRAME ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT. BMW OFFERED TO PAY 25% OF THE COST. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THEY PAY 50% OF THE COST. *JB

I JUST GOT HOME AND TRIED TO PUT MY 2000 BMW 323I IN REVERSE TO PARK BUT NOTHING HAPPENED! IT WAS AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL! I AM VERY UPSET AS I HAVE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED! *TR

BOUGHT MY 2000 BMW 323I BRAND NEW, I'M THE FIRST AND ONLY OWNER. I HAVE HAD IT ONLY DEALER SERVICED WITH ALL RECORDS KEPT. AT 67K MILES THE REVERSE WENT OUT. DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. BEING THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE THOUSANDS TO FIX I CONTINUED DRIVING IT WITH NO REVERSE. MEANING I PUSH IT. I CONTACTED BMW ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CAR THAT CAUSED IT. YET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON ONLINE FORUMS. SHAME ON BMW FOR NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MRS BELT TENSIONER DRIVER FAULT. ONLINE FORUMS SUGGEST A UNIVERSAL WIRE DEFECT WHERE THE WIRING IS PINCHED AND BREAKS FROM MOVING THE SEAT. *TR

THE CAR HAS 86,000 MILES I AM ORIGINAL OWNER AND IT WILL NO LONGER ENGAGE IN REVERSE! ONLY SOLUTION IS A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH COSTS MORE THAN BOOK VALUE OF CAR. *TR

MY BMW IS ONE OF POSSIBLE THOUSANDS THAT RECEIVED A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION MADE BY ZF. THE REVERSE DRIVE D HUB BREAKS LEAVING PIECES RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND NO REVERSE. CHECK WWW.NOREVERSE.ORG TO SEE A FEW THAT HAVE REGISTERED THEIR BMW'S WITH COMMENTS. REPAIR COST RANGE FROM $1800 - $5000 OR MORE DEPENDING ON PARTICULAR DEALERSHIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I FIND DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT BMW HAS NOT OFFERED ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE THAT'S PLAGUING SO MANY OF THEIR CARS WITH VERY HIGH REPAIR BILLS. BMW PROMOTED THESE CARS WITH "LIFETIME-NO SERVICE" TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

THE LOCKS REPEATEDLY QUIT WORKING ON ALL PASSENGER DOORS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL DEFICIENCY OF THE GM5 MODULE ON BMW. *TR

MY BMW 323I ABRUPTLY LOST THE ABILITY TO REVERSE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013. THE PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY VERY COMMON TO BMW 3-SERIES VEHICLES THAT WERE PRODUCED DURING THE LATE 1990'S AND EARLY 2000'S. THERE IS EVEN A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO IT (NOREVERSE.ORG). BMW SHOULD CONSIDER DOING A RECALL IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR