Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 323I / 2000

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044555 Incident Date: Oct, 23 2005
Consumer's City: RESTON Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 323I Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBAAN3345YN Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I currently own a 2000 bmw 323i with 49,000 miles and was just told today that my transmission needs to be replaced, to the tune of $5200. i took my car to the dealership because i was unable to reverse. it appears that this is a recurring problem with several owners of this very make and model based on other complaints filed on different website. naturally, my warranty ran out last summer at 36,000 miles so i am unable to do anything there. i believe there is definitely a manufacturing problem here when a transmission is failing at less than 50,000 miles. i plan on contacting bmw n.a. to discuss the outrageous price that i have been quoted to see if they can help intervene or offer a solution. *nm