- VIN: WBABN33402JW5****
- MPG: /
- Year: 2002
Ownership Cost for 2002 BMW 3 Series 325Ci
Estimated: $36918 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
Depreciation |
$1562 |
$750 |
$656 |
$594 |
$531 |
$4093 |
Insurance |
$1451 |
$1502 |
$1554 |
$1609 |
$1665 |
$7781 |
Fuel |
$1696 |
$1747 |
$1808 |
$1880 |
$1965 |
$9096 |
Maintenance |
$2763 |
$2045 |
$1021 |
$739 |
$2291 |
$8859 |
Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
Taxes & Fees |
$428 |
$428 |
$428 |
$428 |
$428 |
$634 |
Total Ownership Costs |
$8877 |
$7230 |
$6399 |
$6278 |
$8134 |
$36918 |
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Coupe Displacement CC: 2494.1111408 Displacement CI: 152.2 Displacement L: 2.5 Doors: 2 Engine Cylinders: 6 Engine HP: 184 Engine KW: 137.2088 Engine Manufacturer: BMW-AG Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline Make: BMW Manufacturer: BMW AG Manufacturer Id: 966 Model: 325Ci Model Year: 2002 Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Dual-stage Advanced Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Plant City: Regensburg Plant Country: Germany Seat Belts All: Manual Series: 3-Series Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
2000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
I EXPERIENCED A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH MY 2000 BMW 323CI , AS THE SUBFRAME BEGAN TO TEAR AFTER ONLY 57000 MILES OF USE. AFTER SOME COMPLAINING, I WAS ABLE TO GET BMW TO "GOODWILL" THE REPAIRS. BUT AS SOON AS I PICKED UP THE CAR AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PARKING LIGHT BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. IT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED ETC. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN TO DO THE SAME THING. I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT, BUT NOW ABOUT 9 MONTHS LATER I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. FIRST ALL THE POWER STOPPED WORKING, THE HEADLIGHTS BLINKED, A/C AND WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING, POWER LOCKS NO LONGER WORKED. THEN IT SOMEHOW FIXED ITSELF. BUT A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED AND NOW I CANNOT EVEN START MY CAR. AGAIN, IT APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF POWER PROBLEM, PERHAPS SOMETHING DRAINING THE BATTERY. *NM |
2002 |
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL |
I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND 3 DASH LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING A PROBLEM. I CHECKED AND THE LIGHTS MEANT THE STABILITY CONTROL WASN'T WORKING (FIRST TIME THIS EVER HAPPENED). TOOK THE CAR TO BMW AND WAS TOLD ONE OF TWO COMPUTERS WASN'T MAKING THIS SAFETY FEATURE WORK. COST OF ONE WAS $1700.00 BUT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD BE THE PROBLEM AND I MIGHT NEED TO THEN HAVE A NEW 2ND COMPUTER AT $3400.00. OR A TOTAL OF $5100.00, I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN GENTLY. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY FEATURE THAT THEY ADVERTISED AND WAS ONE OF MY REASONS FOR BUYING THE CAR, I FEEL THIS AUTO AND AUTO FEATURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL SO IT CAN BE FIXED EITHER FREE OR AT A REASONABLE COST. THANK YOU FOR READING MY SUGGESTION. *TR |
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