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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005045998 | Incident Date: Oct, 14 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SEATTLE | Consumer's State: WA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: 3 SERIES | 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#: WBABM3345YJ | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 09 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Noticed squeaking sounds from the back of the car. took it to the bmw dealer and they told me that the subframe was seprated from the body where the shock absorbers are attached. if you look underneath the care you see a large cracked in the chassis. they quoted 4k to fix the problem. i started looking on the web for the problem and found many incident of this issue. got a hold of an engineer inside bmw and basically bmw knew about this problem and decided not to fix it. this is more frequently observed in more powerfull engine. the torque of the engine is causing the sheetmetal of the body to be stressed and eventually crack. i have been contacting the bmw for two weeks and they are very uncooperative. this a design flaw and they should recall it and fix it. this is a serious problem, the back of the car could essentially fall off and cause an accident. is bmw waiting for people to have accident and die before they recall this? *nm |
