Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / M ROADSTER / 1998

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004265523 Incident Date: Feb, 29 2004
Consumer's City: CHESTERFIELD Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: M ROADSTER Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 15 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 10 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: In regard to all model year z3 bmw automobiles. lately, including with my car, bmw z3's as well as ///m roadsters and coupes (like my car), have begun experiencing horrific failure in the rear end due to the rear differential cracking away from the chassis. countless owners are experiencing large cracks in their frame near the differential, cause the car to become loose and result in a potential crash. many owners have even seen their entire trunk floorboards begin to separate from the car due to weak welding. bmw has for the most part been extremely unreceptive to owners who have experienced these problems, blaming the failures on driver error. it is not driver error, as there is clear and convincing evidence that bmw itself actually reinforced the problem areas in 2001-2002 without actually acknowledging the problem. as our cars get older, more and more people are noticing this defect which causes the car to become unstable. please help. *jb