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.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
On or around the first week of Dec. 2020 after filling up with gas, the car just stopped while in motion without any prior dash warning indicators. I placed the car in park and restarted the car on the first try. At that time I thought it may have been bad gas. Fast forward to Jan. 09, 2021 while pulling up to gas station car accelerates while I am applying brakes. Very scary because I could have killed someone. I put the car in park and it revved up as though my foot was on the accelerator. This has started to happen on a regular basis, although. Intermittently. Researching this issue I found this has been discussed in several BMW forums since 2002 and appears to happen in older and newer cars regardless of model types. I have maybe 165,000 miles on my car and the maintenance is very well documented and consistent.
2003 BMW 325xi sudden acceleration. Car accelerates suddenly when brakes applied to park or approaching light or stop sign. No accidents, but it is so dangerous that it is an accident waiting to happen. Engine raves to 4000 - 6000rpm, very hard to hold the brakes. So far I have only gotten a moving violation ticket for not stopping at the stop sign, while returning from the third BMW service inspection and being told that the car is in perfect condition. BMW can not observe the problem and therefore does not want to fix it. I was told that they never heard of this kind of problem and perhaps I am hitting the wrong pedal. I have witnesses that were in a car with me that this is not the case. It also happened while my husband drove the car. By researching it on my own I found that there was a recall for 325I and 325ci series of the same year that is mine. Because my car is 325xi service would not even try to apply the recommended remedy. The service is trying, but I was told that it's against the BMW policy to proceed without experiencing the actual problem talked to BMW customer service four times, very polite, but no action so far.
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- Cordova, TN, USA