Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 01/14/2005 | 1 | ||
| While entering into the vehicle the door failed to opened. the left and right side door was unable to open properly. the driver was able to contact the dealer for appointment. please provide additional information. *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 04/01/2004 | 125000 | 1 | 12/13/2003 |
| 1) mounts for rear subframe to body not strong enough. they flex and crack leading to a chain reaction then the rear end rips off. 2)i was driving down a busy two way road. then all of a sudden my cars rear end is moving to the left and i lost control for a little. luckily didnt crash into another car. then i regained control and drove back to my house which was 1 street away. 3) i had to have it tow trucked to a garage where they had to replace the whole sheet metal part where the whole rear end mounts to. documented and cost me over $2000.00 this is not an iscolated incident check out this forum: http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e36/forum.php bmw knows of the problem and they make reinforcement plates which we must buy and pay for the installation.*ak | |||
| 08/15/2002 | 2 | 02/01/2002 | |
| Having problems with vehicle's frame. mr | |||
| 05/01/2001 | 1 | 05/01/2001 | |
| Noise in the rear of car (subframe) kind of like its own squeak... not like a door squeak, nothing else makes this noise, sounds really bad (subframe problem?) | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS - UNDERBODY SHIELDS | |||
| 10/19/2003 | 158000 | 1 | 08/01/1995 |
| I own a 1992 bmw 325i, ive encountered a problem, the rear sub frame is breaking apart from the body of the car. this seems to be a expensive problem that occurs to many bmws. this is not normal wear and tear on a car, this is a defect that bmw should acknowledge. *ak | |||