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MPG: /
Interior Color: Tan
Color: Blue
Mileage: 79,900
Year: 2004
Ownership Cost for 2004 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $48823 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3595
$1726
$1510
$1366
$1222
$9419
Insurance
$1687
$1746
$1807
$1870
$1936
$9046
Fuel
$2053
$2114
$2188
$2276
$2378
$11009
Maintenance
$2763
$2630
$1468
$1762
$2291
$10914
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1335
$1335
$1335
$1335
$1335
$1977
Total Ownership Costs
$12410
$9506
$8464
$8815
$9627
$48823
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Cabriolet/Convertible
Displacement CC: 3246.2773784
Displacement CI: 198.1
Displacement L: 3.2
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 333
Engine KW: 248.3181
Engine Manufacturer: BMW M GmbH
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3Cic
Model Year: 2004
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
2002
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE A SLIGHT "CLUNK" COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IS NOTICED WHEN MOVING FORWARD FROM A STOP SOME TIMES. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS THE "CLUNK" BECAME LOUDER AND OCCURRED MORE OFTEN. IN ADDITION THE A LOUD "BANG" ACCOMPANIED BY VIBRATIONS WOULD COME FROM THE REAR WHEN GOING OVER SPEED-BUMPS. DURING THIS TIME THE CAR BEGAN FEELING UNSAFE WHEN ON HILLS OR IN THE RAIN. IF I WAS ON A HILL AND STARTED MOVING FORWARD I FEARED AFTER THE LARGE "CLUNK" A MAJOR FAILURE COULD LEAD TO THE CAR LOSING ITS REAR DRIVETRAIN OR SUSPENSION AND FALLING BACKWARDS. I ALSO FELT THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE IN THE RAIN AND THE REAR OF THE CAR WOULD SHIFT AROUND WHEN UNDER LOAD OR ACCELERATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE REAR SUBFRAME WAS TEARING AT MULTIPLE POINTS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON MANUFACTURER DEFECT OF THE BMW 3-SERIES THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND NEWER MODEL CARS WOULD TEAR THE ENTIRE FLOORPAN OUT. THE REPAIR IS COSTLY AND THE SHOP SAID THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE ANY REPAIR OF THIS PART AS IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I CONTACTED BMW NA AND THEY HAD A REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT ME AND SETUP AN INSPECTION AT A LOCAL BMW CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE BMW REP THERE SAID HE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. HE SAID THAT 99% OF THE TIME THE DAMAGE IS COVERED AS IT IS A PROBLEM IN EVEN THEIR LOWEST MODELS AND EVEN IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CARS. LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT BMW WOULD TO FIX THE CAR WITH NO COST TO ME. THEY SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. A WEEK LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE BMW NA REPRESENTATIVE, HE SAID THE CAR WAS INSPECTED AGAIN AND DECIDED THAT THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TOO HARD AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR COST IS ESTIMATED AT $7600. AT THIS POINT THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NOW WITH CONFIRMED TEARS IN THE BODY THE CAR COULD SUFFER FROM RUST AND/OR RODENT/PEST PROBLEMS. *TR
2004
POWER TRAIN
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED TO MY CAR THE SMG (SEQUENTIAL MANUAL GEAR) LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL EVERY TIME IN THAT ORDER , ALSO MY CAR SHIFTS ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL ALL ON ITS OWN AND I CAN,T CONTROL THE ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY OR ANYWHERE ELSE SO THE CAR BEGINS TOP SLOW DOWN, MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE TO BMW N.A. AND NOTHING AND IT ONLY HAPPENS DURING HOT WEATHER, AND BMW RAN A DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR AND THEY GAVE ME MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE IT SO THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY FOR ALL OF THEM EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ALL THE CULPRITS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAVE KIDS SO IT MAKES ME EVEN MORE WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS AND BMW'S NEGLIGENCE TO THE ISSUE. *TR
