I visited Edmunds' Town Hall BMW 3 series discussions forum today and guess what I found?
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#54 of 374 - The (BMW) 3 series E46 has numerous quality issues
by smoothrunning Feb 28, 2001 (04:18 am) the notorious thermostat failures,
steering wheel shimmies,
check engines lights coming on,
airbag warning lights coming on,
transmissions failing(the e36 and e46 3 series have a general motors automatic transmission),
the e39 528i's have the gm transmission too
numerous rattles and squeaks,
premature brake pad wear(this has been reported numerous times before by others)
ticking engine noise at idle(not related to oil starvation),
engine knocking at low speeds,
the notorious clunk(while moving forward slowly in 1st gear try turning and half thru the turn depress the clutch and one might hear the noise.. this is at parking lot speeds; a british magazine commented on this and found it to be unacceptable); seems this was a problem since the 1992-1999 e36 3 series as well
cars stalling out in the middle of the road!
these are just some of the problems that I have heard of.
anyone else had other issues?
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This song sounds too familiar ...
I love my CSVT after all.
