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MPG: /
Interior Color: Black
Color: Silver
Mileage: 38,500
Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 BMW Z3 2.8
Estimated: $41327 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2228
$1070
$936
$847
$758
$5839
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1857
$1913
$1980
$2059
$2152
$9961
Maintenance
$2763
$2621
$1314
$1317
$2291
$10306
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$664
$664
$664
$664
$664
$984
Total Ownership Costs
$9941
$8319
$7178
$7310
$8579
$41327
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Roadster
Doors: 2
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: Z3
Model Year: 1998
Note: US Assembly
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Depowered Supplemental Restraint 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
2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS DIM IN BRIGHTNESS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CYCLES. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND INFORMED CONSUMER THIS IT IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE, AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, ON LAST VISIT DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR, CONSUMER AND DEALER WORKING OUT TRADE-IN DEAL.*AK *TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE IDLE STARTS GOING UP AND DOWN, AND VEHICLE ALSO LOSES POWER WHEN THE A/C IS ON, DEALER STATED THIS IS NORMAL REACTION OF THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO THE SUDDED INCREASE IN ELECTRICAL LOAD. RIGHT SIDE SEAT SWITCH IS LOOSE AND GETS STUCK, DEALER REPLACED SEAT SWITCH. CONSUMER HEARS A SQUEAKING/POPPING NOISE AT REAR OF DRIVERS DOOR OR CONVERTIBLE TOP NEAR DRIVERS SHOULDER AREA. *SLC
1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
SAFETY DEFECT 1998 Z3 BMW. *MR THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THE CHECK INDICATED THAT THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM WAS GETTING ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE CONSUMER REFUSED REPAIR DUE TO THE COST AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM THAT IT SHOULD BE REPAIR AT NO CHARGE. *NM
