2000 BMW 328I

I HAVE OWN MY 2000 328I SINCE 2000 WHEN I PURCHASED IT NEW FROM BMW OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. ON LAST WEEK WHEN PICKING UP MY SON FROM DAYCARE I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT PF A PARKING SPACE AND IT IGNORED THE GEAR SHIFT TO REVERSE. I THOUGH IT WAS ME ANT PUT IT BACK IN PARK AND TRIED REVERSE AGAIN ONLY TO GET NOTHING. I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WORKED, I PUT T THROUGH ALL THE OTHER GEARS AND THEY APPEAR TO WORK, BUT NOTHING IN REVERSE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BEGAN AGAIN FROM START UP PUT IT IN DRIVE AND DROVE A BIT AND THEN BACK TO REVERSE AND IT REVERSED. NO PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL A WEEK LATER AND ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. NO REVERSE EXCEPT THIS TIME I CAN'T PUT IT IN DRIVE AND DRIVE FOR A BIT BECAUSE IT IS STUCK IN THE GARAGE WITH NO DISTANCE TO GO OTHER THAN BACKING OUT. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB AND SEE THAT THIS IS NOT A SMALL PROBLEM AND THAT SO MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME THING. BMW REALLY NEEDS TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR THESE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS REALLY NOT "CUSTOMER SERVICE" AS THEY REALLY DO NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OTHER THAN GIVE YOU A BIG FAT REPAIR ESTIMATE. PLEASE HELP !! *TR

HAVE A 2000 BMW 328I. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING A FEW WEEKS AGO. WHEN I DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, I GET TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHT THAT COMES ON. AS EXPLAINED IN THE MANUAL, I STOP, TURN CAR OFF FOR 30 SECONDS THEN RESTART AND IT GOES OUT. THEN LAST WEEK AFTER DRIVING HOME, WHEN I WENT TO GARAGE TO GO BACK OUT, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. I PUSHED IT OUT OF GARAGE AND IT DRIVES FORWARD FINE. AFTER A MILE OR 2 I PULLED OVER AND IT WENT INTO REVERSE. NOT HAPPENING ALL OF THE TIME, IT'S HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN PAST 5 DAYS. HAVE NOT TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE OR ANYTHING YET. *TR

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HAVING! THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARE LOSING THE REVERSE GEAR AND FACING $5000 PLUS IN REPAIRS. YOU CAN FIND WEBSITE AFTER WEBSITE AND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FACING HARD ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AS IT IS, THEN GETTING SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY RIDICULOUS REPAIR COST FROM BMW. THIS IS AN INJUSTICE TO ALL THOSE WHO TRUSTED IN BMW TO DELIVER THE QUALITY PRODUCT THEY BOAST ABOUT! THINK OF IT THIS WAY, YOUR WIFE OR DAUGHTER IS STUCK IN A DARK PARKING LOT AND CAN'T MOVE HER CAR BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WON'T GO INTO REVERSE. NOW SHE HAS TO SIT AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME TO HER RESCUE. NOW HERE'S THE KICKER, ITS IN A BAD LOCATION AND HER SAFETY IS THREATENED! HMM, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN NICE IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF THEIR BUTTS AND DONE SOMETHING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? THINK ABOUT IT.......THEN PASS IT ALONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP US INNOCENT VICTIMS!! *TR

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HAVING! THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARE LOSING THE REVERSE GEAR AND FACING $5000 PLUS IN REPAIRS. YOU CAN FIND WEBSITE AFTER WEBSITE AND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FACING HARD ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AS IT IS, THEN GETTING SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY RIDICULOUS REPAIR COST FROM BMW. THIS IS AN INJUSTICE TO ALL THOSE WHO TRUSTED IN BMW TO DELIVER THE QUALITY PRODUCT THEY BOAST ABOUT! THINK OF IT THIS WAY, YOUR WIFE OR DAUGHTER IS STUCK IN A DARK PARKING LOT AND CAN'T MOVE HER CAR BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WON'T GO INTO REVERSE. NOW SHE HAS TO SIT AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME TO HER RESCUE. NOW HERE'S THE KICKER, ITS IN A BAD LOCATION AND HER SAFETY IS THREATENED! HMM, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN NICE IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF THEIR BUTTS AND DONE SOMETHING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? THINK ABOUT IT.......THEN PASS IT ALONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP US INNOCENT VICTIMS!! *TR

MY 2000 BMW 328I REVERSE GEAR JUST WENT OUT. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK UP THERE IS NO POWER. I REV THE ENGINE AND IT DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL. I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSH IT TO GET OUT OF A PARKING SPOT TODAY. I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR OF BMW CARS. THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RUNS 4-7 THOUSAND DOLLARS, RIDICULOUS. *TR

NONE, NO ACCIDENTS. A FEW DAYS AGO MY CAR DID NOT GO INTO REVERSE IN THE MORNING AND I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS TO COLD OR MAYBE I PUT IT IN REVERSE TOO SOON. SO I TRIED SWITCHING THE GEAR INTO PARK OR IN DRIVE AND BACK TO REVERSE AND NOTHING. I EVEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND STILL NO REVERSE. SO I JUST SAT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT REVERSED VERY VERY SLOW EVEN WHEN I TAPPED THE GAS. ANYWAY, SO CAR HAD BEEN GOING INTO REVERSE FINE UNTIL THIS EVENING. I HAD MADE A MORNING TRIP AND AN AFTERNOON TRIP AND REVERSE WAS WORKING BUT THIS EVENING I GOT IN MY CAR AS USUAL AND PUT MY 00' BMW 328I INTO REVERSE AND NOTHING. I CAN'T EVEN FEEL THE GEAR SWITCHING LIKE USUAL BUT ALL OTHER GEARS ARE WORKING. I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS SO BMW HAS HAD TO HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME NOW CONSIDERING THAT MOST COMPLAINTS COME FROM BMW CARS THAT WERE MADE IN 99' AND UP. QUESTION IS, WHEN IS BMW GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IT WOULD COSTS THE BLUE BOOK VALUE FOR MY CAR JUST TO FIX AND ITS NOT WORTH IT. MY FIRST BMW AND PROBABLY MY LAST IF "BMW" DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS THEY SHOULD! I MEAN IF MY REVERSE GOES OUT WHAT'S NEXT TO GO? I AM KIND OF AFRAID TO DRIVE NOW. *TR