Manufacturer: BMW MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: Z3
Model Year: 1998
Note: US Assembly
Other Restraint System Info: Driver & Passenger Supp. System (SRS)
Plant City: Greer
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: South Carolina
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 2.8
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
STEERING
THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING IS NOISY. *SCC
1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED AND NO ODOR OF RAW FUEL WAS APPARENT. POWER TO THE VEHICLE ULTIMATLEY FAILED AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. WIFE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. WITHIN MINUTES THE MOTOR AND ACCOUTERMENTS WERE CHARRED TO A CRISP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.