| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006075850 | Incident Date: Aug, 15 2006 |
| Consumer's City: IRVINE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: M COUPE | 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#: WBSCM9348YL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 17 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 15 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 1) car model is a 2000 bmw m coupe (variation of the z3 with hardtop) with 55k miles. in recent years these cars (all z3 models) have shown signs of rear subframe failure. after investigating creaking and squeaking noises coming from the rear of my car i discovered a crack on the subframe where the differential is mounted to the trunk floor pan of the car. 2) if this crack goes unfixed, it will spread possibly tearing the differential from the car, and render the car useless. 3) problem is unsolved currently. *nm |
