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1997 BMW 318 Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 1997 BMW 318's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 20% of all its complaints, most recently on June 14, 1999. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Injuries
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Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

Converter failure at <20000 miles seems unusaul. In talking to two dealers, both service departments indicated that the "318's had a problem with the converters that year". Seems to me that if they had a problem, they should fix rather than waiting for it to break, then my having to take time off from work, and rent a car while mine is in for repairs. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 707542

BMW 318 engine complaints by year

318 engine problems, every year

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