Consumer Complaint Detail
BMW / Z3 ROADSTER / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004000999 | Incident Date: Dec, 26 2004 |
| Consumer's City: SAN JOSE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: Z3 ROADSTER | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:frame and members |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4USCH3347YL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 02 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 25 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While on a trip i noticed an odd knocking noise from the left rear of vehicle during accelleration while in 1st gear. upon further inspection i found the car's sub frame in the area supporting the rear differential mount fractured and breaking away from the vehicle. the noise was due to the emergency brake cable that had popped out of its retention clip, due to the physical movement of the supporting material around it. if this had not happened, i would not have noticed the failure until the mount had broken away entirely. since this mounts the rear axle of the vehicle, it is possible for this to fail at high speed causing loss of control of the vehicle with a high potential of accident and/or injury. i am having this repaired immediately before driving the vehicle any further. this problem appears to be common to the "m" version and many of the straight 6 cylinder version of this vehicle. my version is a 2.8 liter standard roadster. it is likely a stress failure due to the higher torque of these engines. to correct this failure the damaged material needs to be rewelded and reinforced with additional support.*ak |