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MPG: /
Interior Color: Beige
Color: Black
Mileage: 178,000
Year: 1999
Ownership Cost for 1999 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $47680 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3737
$1794
$1569
$1420
$1270
$9790
Insurance
$1584
$1639
$1696
$1756
$1817
$8492
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1615
$1993
$2291
$11574
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1398
$1398
$1398
$1398
$1398
$2071
Total Ownership Costs
$12192
$9427
$8229
$8637
$9195
$47680
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 3151.2324072
Displacement CI: 192.3
Displacement L: 3.152
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 240
Engine KW: 178.9680
Engine Manufacturer: BMW M GmbH
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3
Model Year: 1999
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS)
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 3 Series
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 M3 EQUIPPED WITH THE SMG-II TRANSMISSION [XXX]. FOR THE PAST YEAR (SINCE THE CAR ACCRUED ABOUT 11,000 MILES), THE CAR HAS, WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY, FAILED TO MAKE THE SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. INSTEAD, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE FREE-REVS OFTEN PAST RED-LINE. THE RESULT IS THAT THE CAR LOSES ACCELERATION (DRAMATICALLY IF THE FUEL IS CUT-OFF WHEN THE RED-LINE IS PASSED), BUT BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S FOOT IS ON THE GAS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. THIS RECENTLY NEARLY CAUSED ME TO BE REAR-ENDED. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, AN UNANNOUNCED LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM IS VERY DANGEROUS. BMW HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION (TWICE), WHICH HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY DEALER HAS SUBMITTED A PUMA TO BMW ENGINEERS (TWICE) WITHOUT A RESPONSE. THE MOST RECENT SUBMITTAL WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, WHICH COINCIDED WITH ANOTHER PUMA SUBMITTAL FROM ANOTHER DEALER ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM AWARE OF AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. (ONE OF THEM IS ON HIS FOURTH TRANSMISSION AND STILL HAS THE MALFUNCTION.) BMW, HOWEVER, HAS NOT TAKEN ADEQUATE STEPS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN OR OTHERWISE ADDRESSED THE SAFETY ISSUE. MY INQUIRY TO CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS ALSO UNHELPFUL. AT THE END OF AUGUST, I SENT A LETTER DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM WITH RETURN RECEIPT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC. I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE NOR HAS ANY ATTEMPT BEEN MADE BY BMW TO CONTACT ME. MY ATTEMPTS TO REACH ANY PART OF BMW OTHER THAN CUSTOMER SERVICE HAVE ALSO FAILED. *JB UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
1999
STRUCTURE
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL IS TOO CLOSE AND POSES A DANGER WHEN MOVING FROM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE BRAKE. YOUR FOOT CAN BECOME ENTANGLED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL.
