2000 BMW 323I Complaints

HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC THAT MY SUBFRAME IS FAILING ON THE REAR END OF MY BMW. HE PULLED A REPORT SAYING THAT A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST BMW BUT NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED (I.E, A 'SILENT' RECALL). HIS WORDS: "MAN YOU'RE TOTALLY SCREWED." MY READING OF THE LAWSUIT IS THAT THERE WAS A LIMITED TIME TO SEEK REDRESS FROM BMW; HAVING JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME IMAGINING HOW SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY IS EPIDEMIC IN 3-SERIES BMWS AND CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE (IN ONE CASE, APPARENTLY LOCKING UP THE BRAKES AND CAUSING THE CAR TO COME TO A SCREECHING HALT) HAS NOT RESULTED IN A RECALL OF MODEL WITH MANDATORY REPAIRS! AGAIN, I'M NOT A LAWYER BUT MY READING OF THE DOCUMENT MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME SEEMS TO REVEAL AN ENORMOUS DODGE BY BMW IN LIMITING THE TIME FRAME DURING WHICH ONE CAN HAVE THEM REPAIR THE PROBLEM! MY INTERNET SEARCH THIS WEEKEND SHOWS THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, PEOPLE DESCRIBING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THEIR CARS, ETC., AND OF COURSE I'M NOT IN THE DRIVE THIS THING ANYMORE. IT SEEMS THE SERIOUS NATURE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND OBVIOUS DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING SHOULD WARRANT SOME SORT OF MANDATORY REDRESS BY THE MANUFACTURER. (MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN USED IN RACING OR EXTREME ACTIVITIES, JUST HIGHWAY DRIVING, MOSTLY FOR COMMUTE.) HAD I NOT ASKED HIM TO CHECK THE CAUSE OF THE SQUEAKING IN THE REAR, MY 1ST NOTICE OF THIS COULD WELL HAVE BEEN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 BMW 323CI AND THE REVERSE GEAR STOPPED WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. SOMETIMES IT COMES BACK AND STARTS WORKING AGAIN, BUT THEN IT STOPS WORKING AGAIN. I WENT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $3000. BMW SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW 323I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FURTHER BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ROLLED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND UPON RESTART THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 138,000.

I PURCHASED A 2000 BMW 323I ON TUESDAY MARCH 14 FROM A PRIVATE OWNER WHO HAD METICULOUS RECORDS OF MAINTENANCE AND VEHICLE ONLY HAD 97K MILES. TWO DAYS LATER, THE "REVERSE" WENT OUT BUT THE OTHER GEARS WERE FINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND SAID THAT I WOULD BE NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE BMW DEALER IS GOING TO CHARGE ME $7000 TO FIX. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND NOW IS NOT DRIVABLE. I WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. BMWNA IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS CLEARLY A TRANSMISSION DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

BMW 2000 323I. THE REVERSE WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING. WHAT THE HECK? HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN IN MASS WITH NO RECALL FROM BMW. HOW HAVE THEY GOTTEN AWAY WITH THIS IN THE USA? *TR

2000 BMW 323I TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED GOING INTO REVERSE. FORWARD GEARS WORK FINE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 323I W/140K MILES. I PULLED INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE (HEAD IN). UPON LEAVING, I PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I THOUGHT MAYBE I ACCIDENTALLY PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, BUT NO. SO I PUT IT BACK INTO PARK, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND REMOVED THE KEY. I TRIED AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. DRIVE WORKED JUST FINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. NO LIGHTS, SOUNDS, OR INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. I AM REALLY TICKED OFF. I HAD TO GET PUSHED BACK AND THEN I COULD DRIVE OFF. RECALL PLEASE. *TR

2000 BMW 323 4 DOOR SEDAN INSIDE FABRIC SEPARATING FROM WINDSHIELD COLUMN FRAME, FRONT AND BACK WINDSHIELDS. GLUE IS DEFECTIVE AND BMW WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. IF FABRIC CONTINUES TO LIFT OFF WILL OBSTRUCT VIEW WHEN DRIVING CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. *TR

WE BROUGHT OUR DAUGHTER A 2000 323I BMW, A FEW WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THIS WAS A GIFT AND OUR DAUGHTER WAS SO HAPPY, WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR, IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ONLY HAS 50K MILES AND WAS GARAGE KEPT AND WAS NEVER DROVE IN THE WINTER, AND NOW IT IS SITTING IN THE GARAGE AND CANT BE DRIVEN. I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A CLASS ACTION, THIS IS A ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS,A DN BMW NEEDS TO RECALL THE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. OUR DAUGHTER IS SO DISAPPOINTED SHE CANT DRIVE HER CAR. THE BMW DEALER THAT LOOKED AT THE CAR SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 4800.00 FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY CAN NOT GUARANTEED THAT THE NEW TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DO THE SAME THING, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT DO IT AGAIN AND HAVE TO KEEP REPAIRING THE CAR. I KNOW AFTER ALL OF THIS I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER BMW. IF ANYONE KNOWS A CLASSACTION SUIT PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY DAUGHTER HAS AN 2000 BMW 323I, SHE GOT INTO IT TO GO TO CLASS AND IT WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE. I KNOW THIS IS NOT NEW, JUST THAT THE NHTSA AND BMW ARE ACTING AS THOUGH IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. IT IS SHOCKING HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. *TR