10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1998 BMW 318 transmission problems

transmission problem

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1998 BMW 318 Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 081999

318

  • Manual transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Transmission kept popping out of gear. Original and replacement transmission failed in 1 year. BMW states that it isn't worthy of recall because it is too rare. It can't be that rare if it happened to me twice, and to a friend once in the last year.

- Oakland, CA, USA

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