10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
63,667 miles

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problem #3

Apr 052017

328

  • miles
They have not had any parts to service the recall any time I have taken my car in for repairs or have called about the recall.

- Long Valley, NJ, USA

problem #2

Sep 302016

328

  • 125,000 miles
At approximately 4:45 P.M. ct on Friday, September 30, 2016, I was driving my 1998 BMW M3 convertible home from work. I was on state highway 75 in tulsa, Oklahoma, heading South. I don't have a specific recollection of my speed at that exact moment, but would estimate it to be in the area of 55-60 miles an hour, as there was some traffic, but it was not heavy. I was in the right-hand lane on a part of the highway where there is no curb. I did not swerve off the shoulder. Tulsa roads are notoriously bad, but this particular stretch of highway was repaved relatively recently. My passenger door airbag deployed spontaneously. I was not involved in a collision. I did not have a flat tire. BMW of North America has assured me that the airbag operated appropriately and there must have been some stimulus to cause its detonation. I struggle to accept that there was any stimulus at that speed that would cause detonation of just one airbag without causing some damage to the vehicle.

- Tulsa, OK, USA

problem #1

May 232003

328 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 66,000 miles
1998 BMW 328I - crashed going 35-40 mph with extensive front end damage and no air bags deployed.

- Hanover, MA, USA