This deal is profitable. The price is 16.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $6631
Fair price: $7472
High price: $8312
MPG: 18 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Tan
Color: White
Dealer: Valley Auto Center
Mileage: 154,000
Year: 2009
Ownership Cost for 2009 BMW 3 Series 328i
Estimated: $42604 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2690
$1291
$1130
$1022
$915
$7048
Insurance
$1743
$1804
$1868
$1933
$2001
$9349
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$1931
$1144
$1197
$2291
$9326
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$897
$897
$897
$897
$897
$1328
Total Ownership Costs
$10766
$8014
$7377
$7532
$8914
$42604
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2995.5552992
Displacement CI: 182.8
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 230
Engine KW: 171.5110
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 328i
Model Year: 2009
Other Restraint System Info: Dual-stage suppl. restraint system (SRS) certified to the advanced airbag requiremnets of FMVSS 208, S14.
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 3-Series
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
COMMON FAILURE ON 2000 BMW 3 SERIES CARS: THE REAR SUBFRAME TEARS AWAY FROM UNIBODY. I JUST RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE DEALER THAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY BMW AS A DEFECT IN THE MATERIALS BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY COVERED BY BMW. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION AND WILL REQUIRE UPWARDS OF $5000 IN REPAIR. *TR
2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I PURCHASED A 2009 BMW 238I. I TOOK IT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE ON 30 SEPT 11. I DROPPED IT OFF, GOT A LOANER, AND WENT TO WORK. BEFORE I DROPPED IT OFF THAT MORNING THE CAR RAN GREAT, IT HAD NO TICKING, NO ENGINE LIGHTS NOR LOSS OF POWER. I HADN'T HEARD FROM BMW SO I CALLED THEM, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TALKED TO BMW NA AND I NEED TO AGREE TO THEM REMOVING MY VALVE COVER, AT MY EXPENSE $700. I SAID THAT I ONLY WANTED AN OIL CHANGE. HE TOLD ME THEY TERMINATED MY WARRANTY. MY WARRANTY WAS FOR 4YR/50,000 MILES, IT HAD NOT EXPIRED. I WAS VERY UPSET AND MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CALL BMW NA AND THE SUPERVISOR TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THE SERVICE CENTER SAID AND THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE TO TALK TO. DISAPPOINTED, I PICKED MY CAR UP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR MADE SOME LOUD TICKING NOISES AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE EXPERIENCING SOME POWER LOSS, IN THE MIST OF HIGH TRAFFIC. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN IT STARTED AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT OVER TO GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. AND AS I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF (NO POWER), I BARELY MADE IT OFF THE ROAD. IT JUST SHUT OFF! I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW. THAT WEEKEND THE CAR CRANKED UP AND IT SEEMED TO BE NOTHING WRONG. I TOOK IT AROUND THE BLOCK TO SEE IF IT WAS OKAY. THE TICKING RETURNED AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN AND I HAD TO COAST IT OFF THE ROAD ONTO CHURCH GROUNDS AND CALL A TOW TRUCK AGAIN. AND NOW IT WILL NOT CRANK AT ALL. THIS IS MY ONLY CAR AND I HAVE TO RENT A CAR. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL RECALLS, FOR EXAMPLE: BMW HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL AND VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS AND SAFETY RECALLS AND TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAFETY AND HOW BMW TERMINATES A LOT OF PEOPLE'S WARRANTIES PRIOR TO THEIR EXPIRATION DATE. BMW SEEMS TO BE PUTTING ALL OF OUR LIVES AT RISK AND TERMINATING WARRANTIES AT WILL. *TR