![]() Pat in Durango, Colorado can't find reverse either. It has no problem with the drive function," he said. ![]() However, last night I put the car in reverse and it would not back up at all. Jason owns a 2000 BMW 323i sedan in Brooklyn, New York. The next day, the transmission completely failed while going up a hill and the car started rolling backwards while in drive," Robert told us. I called my local dealer, and they pretty much told me this was normal behavior and not to worry about it. "About a month ago, we started experiencing problems with the transmission. "I purchased my 2002 BMW X5 new 5 years ago and it has 89,000 miles," he wrote. Robert began having problems with the transmission in his X5 In Lawrenceville, Georgia about a month before the transmission failed altogether. "Numerous other people have complained of this problem with BMW automatic transmissions but BMW refuses to correct the problem," he told us.īMW owners report that the expensive transmission failures show up most often in 3 series cars as well as the X3 and X5 BMW SUVs. ![]() "The car has an automatic transmission and repair costs at a local dealership was $4,048," he told .ĭon wrote to BMW "several times but got no resolution to the problem," he said. "Lost reverse gear on my 2001 330Ci convertible at about 53,000 miles," wrote Don from Dayton, Ohio. The reports being filed with are similar and describe a transmission that hesitates or refuses to be shifted into reverse. However, the actual length of life of any given vehicle part is dependent on a number of factors including care, maintenance, use, and climate," BMW AG wrote to the owner of a 2000 3 series sedan. "We are unaware of any widespread concern regarding the transmission. BMW owners find themselves facing thousands of dollars in transmission repair bills while the highly profitable German automaker refuses to accept any responsibility for the mounting number of failures.
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