Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF BUTTON PUSHING THAT RESULTED IN MY BEING LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NOT EVEN THE DOUBLE HANDLE PULL THAT USUALLY RELEASES THE LOCK FROM THE INSIDE WORKED. HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND USE MANUAL KEY FROM THE OUTSIDE TO UNLOCK. DIAGNOSED AS A BLOWN FUSE. FUSE WAS REPLACED. NOW LOCKS ARE INTERMITTENT AGAIN AFTER 2 MONTHS OF WORKING OK. THE CAR HAS HAD THE ACTUATOR REPLACED BEFORE, NOW IT APPEARS TO BE BROKEN AGAIN. WILL NOT ELECTRICALLY LOCK OR UNLOCK NOW. THIS SEAMS LIKE A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR
1994
SUSPENSION:REAR
SUB FRAME RIPS APART FROM UNDER BODY OF CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 92-98 3 SERIES OF BMW CARS. THESE CAR ARE GENERALLY KNOWN AS BODY MODEL E36. I BELONG TO SEVERAL BMW OWNWERS SITES IN THE WEB AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, WHERE IT STARTS SLOWLY WITH JUST A CLICK UNTIL IT IT BECOMES A CLUNCK WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND THEM IT IS TOO LATE. THIS IS ONE STORY. HTTP://BIMMER.ROADFLY.ORG/BMW/FORUMS/E36/5783036-1.HTML I'M NOT SURE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY DEATS FROM THIS, YET. NUMBER OF FAILURES IT SEEMS OVER 100. INJURED, NOT SURE BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE POTENTIAL FOR THAT.*AK