Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/05/2012 | |||
| The doors on our bmx 330xi will lock and we cannot unlock them from the inside or the outside using the interior or exterior door handles or the key fob. my wife and kids had to climb out of the windows to get out of the vehicle. if there was an accident they would have been trapped. i called the bmw dealer and they told me to have it towed and they would take a look at it. this has happened several times and it is an extreme safety issue. i have researched it and it appears to be a very common problem on the 300 series. it has happened a few times and then the problem goes away. i hope no one gets hurt because they get trapped in their vehicle. thank god that my family was physically able to climb out of the windows ,if they were elderly or disabled they would have been trapped. this is an extremely dangerous safety defect that needs to be investigated, addressed and remedied by the manufacturer. | |||
| 08/10/2011 | |||
| In august 2011 i got a warning indictor that there may be a problem with my right taillight. in november 2011 (in for routine service and other work) bmw mechanics at my area dealership informed me that my tailight suffered from the same problems identified in the current recall for 2003-2005 3 series taillights that may cause a fire. bmw told me my vin did not appear to be listed on their recall list and that depsite the assessment of their certified mechanics, i would have to file a complaint with nhtsa in order to get you to tell bmw to add my car to the list so that my dealership will fix it. please do so. | |||