Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 323I / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007110756 Incident Date: Jul, 03 2007
Consumer's City: LOS ALTOS Consumer's State: CA
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#: WBAAM3344YC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 04 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 19 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2000 bmw 323i will not move when in reverse gear. the car behaved as if it was in neutral. there was absolutely no other trouble, warning light, etc. leading up to this failure. the car was very well maintained and serviced by bmw authorized dealers, has 66000 miles and was very gently driven. this problem has been faced by literally hundreds of 2000 bmw 323i owners in the last year on cars between 60,000 and 70,000 miles; please see attached link: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/bmw_trans.html. i requested you to investigate this problem with bmw with the objective of determining if a manufacturer's recall was warranted.*ak