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Bmw 328i Transmission Problems

70 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2014.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Transmission · 2014 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BMW 328I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION, IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION INTO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND PINNED THE CONTACT ...

Transmission · 2011 4

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NOV. 2011. EVER SINCE, WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: THE MECHANISM/GEAR SEEMS TO WANT TO SHIFT TO A FASTER GEAR WHEN RIDING THE BRAKE AT A LOWER SPEED TO COME TO A STOP, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE CAR TO SURGE...

Transmission · 2015 2

Virtually all parking brake cable attachment clips fail on this BMW product years 2012 to 2019. Complaints are easy to find online. Upon failure, the parking brake cable drops down onto the drive shaft creating a safety hazard for the br...

Transmission · 2015 2

The parking brake cable bracket is a cheap piece of plastic that fails on every single BMW model like mine from this era, which means the parking brake cable comes in contact with the drive shaft. Mine has broken. Dealers charge $1,100 t...

Transmission · 2011 2

I recently brought my 2011BMW 328i in for recalls and a shutter noise. My vehicle is equipped with the N51 SULEV motor. I recently was not able to set monitors for smog due to a shutter issue. I was told by a reliable mechanic it was the...

Transmission · 2012 2

My car lost power. It would come and go. Now it's gone. The codes that come up pertain to the wheel speed sensor and timing.

Transmission · 2012 2

The contact owns a 2012 BMW 328I. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered and stalled. The contact stated that the vehicle vibrated, and the brakes were independently activated. Additionally, the c...

Transmission · 2011 2

Check Engine light is illuminated. VANOS exhaust warning codes are stored. Other vehicles with the same N52 engine are subject to recall 23V707. BMW indicates that this vehicle is not included but could be in the future. In the interi...

Transmission · 2015 2

I own a 2015 BMW 328i xdrive with 86k miles. While reversing out of my driveway, onto a main road during rush hour, my vehicle unexpectedly stopped working with the message “drivetrain malfunction”. I had the car towed to a BMW deale...

Transmission · 2015 2

The drivetrain malfunction light came on and my car stopped on the main highway while I was driving out and it wouldn’t start back so a wrecker tow it then maybe 5 days later it just crank again but then it started to do it again. Ther...

Transmission · 2015 2

Vehicle smells like gas. Drivetrain malfunction light comes on, car sputters and shakes, goes off after a couple of days and then comes back on and shakes 4 months or more later. Loses power or won’t accelerate while traveling more tha...

Transmission · 2012 2

WHILE IN MOTION ON A COUNTY ROAD, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. WORN CRANKSHAFT SPROCKET. HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAI...

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