Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 09/29/2012 | 108000 | 1 | |
| Car parked in the garage over 24hrs ignited and resulted into fire. no known issue before the incident occur, from the looks of the car the fire started in the interior of the car and could have been caused by electrical. no after market installed equipment, no equipment left inside the car that have caused the fire. almost burned down my house. *tr | |||
| 09/29/2012 | 108000 | ||
| Car parked in the garage over 24hrs ignited and resulted into fire. no known issue before the incident occur, from the looks of the car the fire started in the interior of the car and could have been caused by electrical. no after market installed equipment, no equipment left inside the car that have caused the fire. almost burned down my house. | |||
| 03/07/2011 | 150000 | ||
| Electric locks fail to unlock in hot or humid weather. driver and passengers are also unable to unlock three passenger doors manually, though the key can be used to manually unlock the driver door. this is a safety hazard when passengers are locked in car. the only method to exit at times is to roll down windows and crawl out. in the instance of an emergency where passengers need to exit quickly, this can be a problem. | |||
| 01/10/2011 | |||
| The door locking mechanism (gm5 module) is malfunctioning as it fails to open the door locks. the door locks will not open manually and there have been times when we cant exit the vehicle. only after multiple attempts does the door finally open. this is a serious and dangerous problem especially if there is an accident or the temperature rises that requires immediate exiting of the vehicle. | |||
| 09/06/2010 | 61000 | ||
| I have a 1999 bmw 328i (e46 body). within the past couple of years, i have had recurring issues, usually on hot or cold days, where the door locks and windows will not function properly. in addition, when locked, the car alarm will go off at random intervals. i've even had one instance where the windows rolled up automatically and the doors locked while i was still in the car and the only way i could get out was by unlocking the doors with the electric key fob. neither opening the door handle or unlocking from the center console worked. some research shows that these symptoms are common indicators of a faulty gm5 module and that this problem is well known. getting it fixed would require a service visit, perhaps multiple diagnoses, and close to $1000.00 to fix. i feel that bmw should address this issue as it is a fairly severe safety concern. i would not want to find myself locked in my car with no way to exit. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 07/10/2002 | 05/01/2000 | ||
| About 6 a.m., there was a big boom; fire spread to garage (two car), burning it to the ground and burning up, additionally, most of our garden equipment, all of our fishing gear, and many miscellaneous items. this was at our summer home in virginia, whose telephone number i have given you. you can talk to my husband, seaborn p. jones, who was present at the time of the incident. i am in philadelphia for the month of july. p campbell. *ak | |||