Bmw 325i Transmission Problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 1 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2001. Best year: 2001.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
WHEN SHIFTED TO REVERSE ENGINE RPMS WENT WIDEOPEN CAUSING IT TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL FROM OUR DRIVEWAY INTO MOBILEHOME ACROSS FROM ME THEN INTO A VAN AND SHOVED IT INTO ANOTHER MOBILEHOME
THE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO STEPTRONIC GEAR WHEN BEING SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, FORCING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. *AK
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BMW 325I. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND BACKWARDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE A...
MY CAR WAS FUNCTIONING PERFECTLY FINE THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT. I WENT INTO A RESTAURANT AND WHEN I CAME OUT AND GOT INTO MY CAR AND TRIED TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING LOT MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP BUT NO MOVEMENT. ...
2001 BMW 325I. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT *TGW
2001 325 I TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - WILL NOT REVERSE , AFTER LOOKING INTO IT IS A WELL KNOW PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL AND YEAR . I AM ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND NOW CANNOT LOOK FOR WORK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW...
MY 2001 BMW 325I LOST REVERSE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY THIS PAST NOVEMBER. THE CAR HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. BMW NORTHWEST WANTED TO $5,200 ORIGINALLY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT I WAS ABLE TO TALK THEM DOWN TO 4,...
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE: DRIVE WILL NOT OPERATE IN REVERSE. CAN RESULT IN CARS STALLED IN INTERSECTION, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, WITHOUT CAPABILITY TO AVOID COLLISION BY BACKING UP. *TR
2001 325I BMW WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR. *TR
FIVE DAYS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILED.*JB
WHILE DRIVING, AC PRODUCED HOT AIR AND WITHIN A MINUTE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CLIMBED INTO THE RED ZONE. STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, AND PER BMWS ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST BMW DEALERSHIP. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS ...