Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 12/22/2012 | 47000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2000 bmw 323i. the contact stated that the check engine light, eml, and dsc warning lamp illuminated. the contact also mentioned that the vehicle went into limp mode and failed to accelerate over 20 mph. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the technician diagnosed that the engine throttle body and engine dme needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 47, 000 and the current mileage was 93,000. mah | |||
| 12/22/2012 | 47000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2000 bmw 323i. the contact stated that the check engine light, eml and dsc warning lamp illuminated. the contact mentioned that the vehicle went into limp mode and failed to accelerated over 20 mph. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the technician diagnosed that the engine throttle body and engine dme needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 47, 000 and the current mileage was 93,000. pm | |||
| 11/02/2012 | 154400 | ||
| Was was trying to reverse n it wouldn't it periodically won't reverse until car warms up. window won't go up without manually pulling it up. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 04/17/2012 | 126598 | ||
| I was picking up my daughter from school around 4:30pm on april 17, 2012 and when i put the car into reverse to back into a parking spot...the car had no power. the transmission just reved up like it was in netural. i could not get the car to back up. i thought maybe i had it in the wrong gear but no it was in reverse. i put the car back into drive and went around the corner to wait for her. when i tried to reverse out of the parking spot it still didn't have any power. thankful the car rolled back far enough to get out of the parking spot. once i got home i had to be pushed into my parking stall because once again the reverse was not working. i haven't had any major problems with my car, the miles are low 125,000 and it gets regular maintence check ups. | |||
| 12/16/2002 | |||
| While driving the vehicle and applied the brakes the engine will suffer a suddenly acceleration. dealer has inspected the vehicle and could not duplicate or correct the problem. please provide further information. ts | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 06/26/2007 | 82000 | 1 | 08/20/2004 |
| In late march,2007, my bmw 323i blew a head gasket after only 82,000 miles.this was after the car being babied with service etc.the dealer i took the car to, presstige imports in santa rosa,ca. found that the cooling system was running at over 300 degrees and warped the block, ruining the engine. they were as confused about this as i was because they had performed all of the service and had just serviced the car 2 months before, with no indication of any problem. they asked bmw for some help in the repair cost since this was so unusual.they also gave me a loaner car at no charge, and have been unbelievably wonderful throughout this whole experience. bmw came back and announced that they don't care about the problem and won't intervene at all,causing me to have to pay about $6000 for a used engine to be put in. i have since gone onto google and found hundreds of posted pages about other owners having the same problem.this is obviously a problem that bmw refuses to acknowledge, and i would like to find out what can be done about it or them. thank you for any assistance that you may be able to provide. robert lackey *tr | |||
| 03/14/2002 | 19000 | 2 | 02/28/2000 |
| Subject: intermittent ihka blower operation on bmw e46 produced prior to 06/2000. situation: the ihka blower will intermittently cut out. the ihka lcd display will indicate that the blower is operating even though the blower is not functioning. cause: ihka final stage resistor (blower regulator). *nm | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 09/15/2006 | 78500 | 1 | 09/02/2000 |
| Engine started choking and could not sustain above 30-40 mph. mechanic (after 2 wks) finally determined that one of the valves was warped, and had to do a valve job. total cost $3,300. *tr | |||