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2003 BMW 325I Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	422791
Internal NHTSA #	10023814
Manufacurer	BMW of North America, LLC
Brand	BMW
Model	325I
Model Year	2003
File date	13/06/03
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The computer first failed on my 2003 bmw 325i on june 15, 2003, (three weeks after i picked it up from the dealership, bmw of manhattan), causing me to lose acceleration without warning. I was travelling at 60-65 miles per hour in the far left lane of the garden state parkway. I was barely able to manuever the car to the shoulder of the road and i was lucky that there happened to be a very small shoulder on the left side of the road, as i would have never been able to make it to the shoulder on the right hand side of the road and traffic was very heavy. This sudden loss of acceleration could have easily caused a fatal accident; particularly, because the cars behind me had no way to detect that my car was only coasting. The nj state troopers had to shut down northbound traffic in all 4 lanes of the garden state parkway in order to remove my car from the parkway. The car was towed to the dealership. The dealership was unable to successfully reprogram the computer, so they sent it to montvale, nj to be reprogrammed. The dealership returned the car to me on june 20, 2003. On june 25, 2003, the computer failed again, causing the car to lose acceleration without warning. This time, i was exiting a parking garage and another car nearly slammed into me on the exit ramp. When i restarted the car, i was able to reach the top of the ramp and pull to the side of the road, (not an easy task during rush hour in midtown manhattan!), but the car lurched repeatedly and was unable to go more than 5 mph. The car was towed to the dealership. Bmw of manhattan has been unresponsive to my telephone calls. The car clearly has a very serious defect, which could easily cause fatalities.*ak
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	1143
Number of Occurences	2
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	NEW YORK, NY
VIN pattern	WBAAZ33413PXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	23/05/03
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	RWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	60
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Tire size
Location of tire code
Type of tire failure code
Was defective tire repaired?
Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
Dealer's name	BMW OF MANHATTAN
Dealer's telephone number	212-314-9779
Dealer's city	NEW YORK
Dealer's state code	NY
Dealer's ZIP code	10019

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2003 BMW 325I Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2003 BMW 325I Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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