This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Rear lights. Clip contacts melting ground wire. Purchased lights and clips 3 times and melted again. Lights inoperable after 2 weeks of life harness melted. Received multiple warnings and a ticket I now have to prove repair. Recall found for every other model except the 323I 2000. Not safe to have no tail lights available. Can't drive car in unsafe conditions. Can't sell car in unsafe condition
Sometimes the emergency lights came on while the car was parked. In September of last year, while driving it smoke started coming out of the vents then soon after the hole car caught fire. I loved my BMW!
Rear subframe body has separated from subframe mounting support. The chassis is no longer properly attached to the frame. The tied down bolts have sheared off. This is a major safety defect.
- San Rafael, CA, USA
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Having problems locking and unlocking doors! key will not unlock driver's door, manually or with remote. In order to enter car I have to leave one door unlocked. Can't even lock nor unlock doors from inside either. This is pathetic! there's a severe problem with this issue regarding the locks on the car this should definitely be a recall!
Vehicle appears to be stolen and abandon in front of my house. It has not moved in 2 weeks. There is no license plate and the vehicle is empty of personal property.
The mechanism in power windows ( mechanical mechanism in the doors which raise and lower the windows ) appear to be faulty. After normal usage for a short period of time ( 3 weeks to a maximum of 6 months ), there are repeated failures of the mechanical mechanism and power windows once again fail to function. Although the issue at hand has been fixed by BMW numerous times ( some under warranty and some at owners cost), it is a repeating problem and BMW service provider does not appear to have a solution which would resolve the issue for a long period of time. Since the vehicle at this time is out of warranty and mostly driven by one driver ( me ), a greater use of ac is made in order not to use the power windows in case they will break once again.
I own a BMW 323I sedan 2000. All of 4 window regulators have broken and required replacement. Once the window shattered and glass fell into the car B/C the regulator broke. When I had the regulators replaced I thought they were being replaced with a non-defective part. However, today one of the replacement window regulators broke. I am concerned B/C of the history of the glass breaking. I have a child that often rides in the back seat and I am worried that she may get hurt if the window breaks on her.
BMW not honoring full term of new car warranty. Although I bought the car new at a dealer in August 25 2000 and the car had under the mileage limit, the dealers computers list the car as being retailed in April 2000 not August 2000. However I have and was given the bill of sale listing the car as new and retailed on August 25 2000. When I went in for service on August 7 2003, a dealer, prestige BMW in ramsey told me the information BMW has lists the car as retailing to me in April. Even when told I had paperwork proving otherwise, the service rep was unfazed. I have the documents to prove I purchased the car, as new from the dealer, the dealer being difeo BMW. The car did not even wholesale until April 2000 per the deliver invoice to the dealer.
Contacted manufacturer, couldn't properly correct problems, car is defective, attorney general notified as well as BBB, attorney general's office recommended contacting private attorney.
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- Miami, FL, USA