This price is INF percent higher than the fair price.
MPG: 17 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black Sapphire Metallic
Dealer: BMW of Rochester
Mileage: 5,556
Year: 2017
Ownership Cost for 2017 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $68347 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$10503
$5041
$4411
$3991
$3571
$27517
Insurance
$2361
$2444
$2529
$2618
$2710
$12662
Fuel
$1814
$1868
$1934
$2011
$2102
$9729
Maintenance
$1352
$1804
$1422
$2324
$1642
$8544
Repairs
$483
$684
$771
$899
$1062
$3899
Taxes & Fees
$4047
$4047
$4047
$4047
$4047
$5994
Total Ownership Costs
$20561
$12303
$11656
$12219
$11609
$68347
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2979.1682352
Displacement CI: 181.8
Displacement L: 3
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 425
Engine KW: 316.9225
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3
Model Year: 2017
Other Restraint System Info: Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. I LIVE IN LANCASTER, CA AND WHEN THE SUMMER COMES AROUND IT GETS REALLY HOT REALLY QUICK. MY BMW M3 2003 WHICH HAPPENS TO BE AN SMG KEEPS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT CAUSES MY TRANSMISSION TO FUNCTION IMPROPERLY BY SHIFTING TO "NEUTRAL" AUTOMATICALLY. TODAY, ON MY WAY BACK FROM WORK I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN MY TRANSMISSION CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY FROM 3RD GEAR INTO NEUTRAL ALMOST CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO CRASH ONTO MY VEHICLE. 2. THE SMG LIGHT KEEPS TURNING ON. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE "HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT (HCU) WITH PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR" WHICH IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I NOTICE THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS USUALLY DURING THE HOT WEATHER SINCE IT ALSO HAPPENED TO ME LAST YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME. MY BMW MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WOULD COST ME ON OR ABOUT $3,000 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. I GOT ONLINE AS SOON AS I GOT HOME TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS I AM, FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER BMW M3 SMG E46 (2001-2006) OWNERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT'S CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE, I FEEL MY LIFE AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS ARE AT HIGH RISK IF MY TRANSMISSION CHANGES FROM ANY GEAR INTO NEUTRAL WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT TO OCCUR. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS MALFUNCTION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND DISCOVER ONLINE, BMW NORTH AMERICA KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WANTS ALL BMW M3 SMG E46 OWNERS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HCU WHICH AS STATED BEFORE COST ON OR ABOUT $3,000 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. THIS WILL ONLY FIX THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY SINCE THE PROBLEM WILL PERSIST AS THE WEATHER CONTINUES BEING ABOVE 85-90 FAHRENHEIT. I DON'T BELIEVE IS FAIR FOR ALL BMW M3 SMG E46 OWNERS TO PAY SUCH AMOUNT WHEN CLEARLY WON'T FIX SUCH PROBLEM. IT WOULD BE FAIR IF BMW TOOK CHARGE AND RECALL THIS ISSUE THAT IS PUTTING EVERY CITIZEN IN DANGER DUE TO THEIR MISTAKE IN THE HCU FOR ALL BMW M3 SMG E46 VEHICLES. *TR
