2004 BMW 325XI User Comment / Complaint

I filed a petition for a defects investigation as well as a complaint about problems with a 2004 bmw 325xi with a defective transmission, resulting in delayed engagement as well as "lurching" of the vehicle when accelerating and/or braking. vehicle went back for repair - after had slight delayed engagement again, part fell out of the steering column, loud flapping noise started in the right side of the dashboard, the transmission failure warning light has been coming on - 2300 miles on it and has been out of my possession 4 weeks of the 3 months. the va office of consumer affairs has suggested pursuing the state's lemon law. the bmwboard on-line has many similar complaints and a portion of my petition (the addendum) was posted, giving the impression that bmw is voluntarily recalling the affected vehicles ... i was told that might happen, but i am not aware that it actually has happened. i have also been told that cars manufactured after december 2003 are free of the defect ... from what i have been reading on this auto safety hotline and the bmwboard, that is not true. beware. if i am the only one who has filed a petition, but you are reading this and you are having similar problems with your 3 series or x5, file a petition, too ... that's the only way to get some action from bmw ... this is a powder keg. i bought the car on dec. 15, 2003 and have had problems from day 1. this is not going away ... i have given it time; bmw has had the opportunity to correct the problem ... with a lot of input from me ... because they have told me basically that i'm imagining things ... i'm not ... and still i have a new problem every time i get in the car. this is wrong ... please speak up. the dealerships seem to be uniformly "pooh-poohing" the problem. that is wrong.