This price is 8.7 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $2831
Fair price: $3495
High price: $4158
MPG: 21 mpg city / 29 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Silver
Dealer: Six and Below Auto Sales
Mileage: 144,948
Year: 2000
Ownership Cost for 2000 BMW 3 Series 328i
Estimated: $61929 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$7661
$3677
$3218
$2911
$2605
$20072
Insurance
$1749
$1810
$1873
$1939
$2007
$9378
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1914
$2664
$2291
$12544
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$2960
$2960
$2960
$2960
$2960
$4383
Total Ownership Costs
$17805
$11621
$10539
$11086
$10877
$61929
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2792.3557056
Displacement CI: 170.4
Displacement L: 2.793
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 193
Engine KW: 143.9201
Engine Manufacturer: BMW-AG
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 328i
Model Year: 2000
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
2007
AIR BAGS
THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2006 (I DRIVE A 2007) MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR MAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN THIS MAT BECOMES DEFECTIVE, IT DISABLES AIRBAG SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLES. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM SINCE 2008 (WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED), HOWEVER THESE CARS WERE PRODUCED FROM 2006-2008+ BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE RECALL ONLY COVERS 2006 MODELS WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. IF THE SAME EXACT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BE PRODUCED WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT YOU ONLY COVER ONE YEAR OF IT BEING PRODUCED WHEN THERE WERE THREE, WHAT GOOD IS THAT? WHY IS IT THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN A CAR THAT HAS A KNOWN DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE DETECTION MAT AND BET ON MY LUCK THAT I DON'T GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND BE CAUGHT WITH NO AIR BAGS FOR SAFETY. THIS IS A SERIOUS LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN THE MINUTE SOMEONE GETS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS DON'T DEPLOY DUE TO THE FAILED PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR. I KNOW YOU HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. REFER TO: HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/RECALLS/RECALLRESULTS.CFM?START=1&SEARCHTYPE=QUICKSEARCH&RCL_ID=08V384000&SUMMARY=TRUE&PROD_ID=218996&PRINTVERSION=YES. *TR
2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
IN MAY '06 I PURCHASED MY (E46) 2000 BMW 328I. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER (I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE) I NOTICED A SUBTLE SQUEAK COMING FROM THE REAR END. THINKING IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS, I IGNORED IT FOR A WHILE AS MY LIFE WAS VERY BUSY AT THAT TIME. AFTER CONSULTING SOME VEHICLE-SAVVY FRIENDS AND A VISIT TO MOTORSPORTS OF LEXINGTON (THE PLACE TO GO IF YOU LIVE NEAR LEXINGTON, KY); THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE SQUEAK AS IT WAS WINTER AND JUST MY LUCK, THE SQUEAK WAS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT THAT DAY. I WAS ASKED TO BRING IT BACK DURING WARMER WEATHER. SO TODAY 3/13/2007 (70 DEGREES AND SUNNY) I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP. TO MY UTTER DISMAY I WAS SHOWN THAT THE REAR DRIVER-SIDE DIFFERENTIAL MOUNT HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE CHASSIS. THEY TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH E46'S. TOTAL REPAIR COSTS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN $600-$1000. OUT OF CURIOSITY I VISITED THE DEALER (DON JACOBS BMW) HERE IN LEXINGTON, TO SEE IF MY POWERTRAIN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED SUCH DAMAGE. TO NO SURPRISE IT DOES NOT. HOWEVER, THE SHOCKING PART WAS THAT THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR OTHER BMW OWNERS WHO MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM, I FOUND MANY WHO HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, AS WELL AS SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE SUBFLOOR AND NOT JUST ON THE E46. THIS HAVING RESULTED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN 2005, FROM WHAT I'VE READ, MANY PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS REPAIR. I CAN SEND PICTURES IF NECESSARY, AS THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PERFORMED. *JB
