Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 323I / 2000

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071986 Incident Date: Jul, 14 2006
Consumer's City: CHICAGO Consumer's State: IL
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#: WBAAM3345YC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 23 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The car is a 2000 bmw 323i with 34,000 miles. there were no problems with the car/transmission prior to the reverse gear suddenly failing to engage while the car was in traffic and needed to be reversed to get out of the way of oncoming cars. the reverse gear continues to fail, although there are no problems driving forward. dealer states the transmission must be completely replaced to fix the problem. similar reports of transmission & reverse gear failure specific to 2000 bmw 323i listed here and other forums. *nm