Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/08/2013 | 100000 | 1 | |
| Headlights flicker on and off while driving. tail lights and brake lights non-functional. i believe this is an issue related to previous recall of bmw's recalled in nhtsa campaign number 11v438000. i called bmw which told me my car was not covered under that recall. i believe that it should be. *tr | |||
| 02/08/2013 | 100000 | ||
| Headlights flicker on and off while driving. tail lights and brake lights non-functional. i believe this is an issue related to previous recall of bmw's recalled in nhtsa campaign number 11v438000. i called bmw which told me my car was not covered under that recall. i believe that it should be. | |||
| 12/01/2012 | 1 | ||
| Right side tail lights failed in the manner described in nhtsa campaign id number: 11v438000. this vehicle was manufactured in 2000-10-30 and that campaign applies to vehicles manufactured after 09-2001. *tr | |||
| 12/01/2012 | |||
| Right side tail lights failed in the manner described in nhtsa campaign id number: 11v438000. this vehicle was manufactured in 2000-10-30 and that campaign applies to vehicles manufactured after 09-2001. | |||
| 01/10/2011 | |||
| Purchased the car used, in january 2011, with approximately 110,000 miles. vehicle had several stored engine codes, po0300,171,174,1345,1351,1353; mostly relateing to oxygen sensors and the maf. all engine hoses, the maf, all 4 oxygen sensors and the ignition coil packs were replaced by a certified mechanic. within 2 months of normal driving, all codes had returned. mechanic is unable to determine the points of failure for these issues and bmw denies any existing problem the passenger side airbag light, turns on and off, randomly, whether someone is sitting there, or not. failure of the sensor could cause the ab not to deploy during an accident, causing serious, if not fatal, injury. bmw is aware of the issue, does not replace/repair. door lock/window/windshield wiper control module, known as gm5, fails randomly and often. it has failed several times, while i was in the car. since it disables the door locks and windows, i was trapped in my car for several minutes. thankfully, i had the window rolled down far enough to pass my keys to someone on the outside, so they could unlock the door. in an accident, passengers could be stuck, keeping emergency workers from giving them medical attention, in a timely fashion. bmw is fully aware of the problem, but denies it's existence. i also receive random exterior light out warnings, on the dash. usually, it's both tailights, but more frequently, it is the driver side light sensor, that fails, though the light is actually working, just fine. | |||
| 12/08/2011 | 85000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated that when depressing the brakes, the brake light would not illuminate on the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where they advised her that the rear tail light carriage needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired for the rear tail light carriage. the manufacturer was contacted and they advised her that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. the failure mileage was approximately 85,000. kmj | |||
| 12/08/2011 | 85000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated that when depressing her brakes the light would not illuminate on the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a dealer and they advised her that the rear tail light carriage needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired for the rear tail light carriage. the manufacturer was contacted and they advised her that she was not included in a manufacturers recall. the failure mileage was approximately 85,000. tb | |||
| 11/06/2011 | 189500 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated that the tail light, brake lights and turn signals failed. the resistance in the electrical components caused the rear lamp functions to fail. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 189,500. kmj | |||
| 11/06/2011 | 189500 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated the tail light, brake light and turn signals have failed. the resistance in the electrical contacts caused the rear lamp functions such as the tail light, brake light, and turn-signal within the vehicle's body panel, to stop working. the dealer was not notified. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 189,500. mw | |||
| 08/12/2011 | 112000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated that when he was advised that his tail lamps were not functioning he took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was advised that the rear tail lamps needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and advised him that there were no recalls related to his vin. the failure mileage was approximately 112,000. rvk | |||
| 08/12/2011 | 112000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 bmw 325i. the contact stated that when he noticed advised that his tail lamps are not operative. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and they advised him that the rear tail lamps neeeded to be replaced. the vehicle has not been repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that there were no recalls under his vin. the failure mileage was approximately 112,000. tb | |||
| 06/11/2011 | 156111 | ||
| Car is a bmw 325i. model year 2001. the electrical door unlock mechanism does not always unlook the doors. in particular, the button to unlock all doors works intermittently. this problem has existed for a number of months now. i suspect that it is related to a faulty general module 5 unit in the car. on rare occassions unlocking the door will not work when pulling the door latch when the all door lock button is not working, leading to driver/passengers trapped in the car. | |||
| 05/27/2011 | 113025 | ||
| Gm5, and mass airflow sensor not working on my 2001 325i bmw. it shuts off when get a dead stop and about to take off again. the doors will unlock and lock after pressing the buttons multiple times. the remote as well will not unlock or lock the doors everytime. its at random with no specific pattern. | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 127000 | ||
| I have a 2001 bmw 325i sedan (production date 10/2000) and i'm having a issue with my door locks. today when going to pick up my child from school, i was unable to exit my vehicle. i always lock my doors once i begin driving for my own comfort and safety. so after parking my car and removing my key, normally i would be able to pull the interior handle to the drivers door and the door would unlock, it didn't. i don't have an alarm on the car so i didn't understand what was going on. i pushed the lock/unlock button inside the car to attempt to unlock the door with no success. i pressed the button on my key to attempt to unlock the doors with again, no success. the only was i was able to exit my vehicle was to put the key back in the ignition, open the drivers window, take the key back out and use the key to unlock the door from the outside. this is not the first time this issue has happened, but is the frist time it happened where i was locked inside my car. it happened once in the winter and i was unable to get into my car for over 30minutes. this is a very big safety issue because i was trapped in my car. i could have been involved in a accident and can't get out the car through the doors because of this issue. the most scary part is that i don't know when it's going to happen. something has got to be done about this. i took the car to be looked at by a mechanic and was told that it would cost me almost $800 to repair this issue. they informed me that this is a common issue with my car. i searched to see if there was a recall or something for this issue offered by bmw and could not find anything but more people complaining of the same expensive issue. this issue is a serious safety issue. if i was involved in a accident where the car caught fire and all doors were locked but the drivers door, how would my passengers get out??? very serious and dangerous safety issue!!!!! | |||
| 09/27/2009 | 130000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2001 bmw 325i - 4 door. the problem i am having is: intermittently (usually when hot) the door locks will not open with the button on the key - all four. when that happens, i can unlock the driver's side door with the key but i can not open the other three doors with the button on the key, the button on the dash or by pulling the handles. the gas lid does not unlock either. sometimes just the drivers side door will open with the button on the key and then - usually - i can unlock the other doors with the handles. sometimes everything works fine. the trunk does not have problems unlocking. i have been told the gm5 module has a common failure that causes these issues. *tr | |||
| 07/19/2009 | 101000 | 1 | |
| The connectors on the rear tail lights are defective they are burnt and shorted and wire is burnt. in same location. i have to replace the connector, the burnt wire, and the taillight assembly on both sides. its the same wire (brown #4 i believe). *tr | |||
| 10/29/2003 | 35000 | 1 | |
| The electrical box has malfunctioned. as a result the steering locks and the engine stalls without warning. please provide additional information. *ph | |||
| 11/27/2001 | 8 | 02/21/2001 | |
| Halogen headlights & turn signals go on and off when the vehicle desires. has been taken in for examination on 4 separate occasions. currently the turn signals are out again and have not been repaired. front driver side window inoperable, front passenger side window inoperable, sunroof clips broken, both rear side door panels have fallen off. all have been taken in at separate times and all have been repaired. *jb | |||
| 11/13/2001 | 5000 | 2 | 07/12/2001 |
| While my foot was firmly on the break, my 2001 bmw 325i seemed to speed up and caused me to crash into the building i was parking in front of. severe damage across the bottom of my right foot( a bruise the shape of the brake pedal } along with other foot and ankle injuries indicate my foot was indeed on the brake and not on the accelerator as one might think. the damage to the car $ 5,000.00. no answer for what happened from dealer. approx seven months later, while on an open road approaching stop light again with my foot on brake, car revved up to 4,000 rmp then back down and stalled. car would not start after this. towed to different bmw dealer who claimed faulty gas sensors were to blame. sensors told engine car needed gas when indeed it did not. *nlm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 11/01/2004 | 54500 | 2 | 12/12/2000 |
| I have a 2001 bmw 2.5 automatic with about 55k miles. the service engine soon light came on around 12k and the dealer replace the coil. it came on again several time later over the course of 2 years for few days. every time by the time i took the car to the dealer, the ses disappeared and dealer can't find any thing wrong. however, i notice that when the light is on, the engine run rough and acceleration is slow. my car is out of warranty now at 55k and the light is on for the last few days. also, bmw is famous for problem with the windows regulator. dealer replaces three of the four windows regulators on three doors during warranty but now the fourth one has failed. what this means is that now all the windows regulator on all the four doors has failed. please have bmw recalled the issue with ignition coil and fix the windows regulator. thank you very much | |||