Had just parked the car and a few minutes later it caught on fire. Everything under the hood is burned. Surveillance cameras caught the hole thing.
Electrical system
BMW 325 Electrical problems by year
7 complaints filed with NHTSA about the BMW 325's electrical system. Dead batteries, warning lights, wiring, alternators, infotainment and electronic module failures.
Electrical complaints by model year
Latest 325 electrical complaints
Specific monitor lights remain on even after being checked and cleared. An asterisk type icon shows up next to the prnd panel and slows down vehicle where as you need to put much pressure on gas pedal to get it to move slightly,pulling over and shutting off engine for 2 mins removes the icon and issue, but mostly these are unpredictable occurrences.The body of car icon lights stay on indicating the cars back lights are not working, even after fixing lights. The car's recall #14v428 ; passenger side front airbag has not been fixed as of yet. Currently all windows are jammed the motor hums but windows do not open unless pushed on, 3 of 4 don't even do that..
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 bmw 325. The contact stated that when placing her key in the ignition, the brake warning lamp would illuminate. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 14,000 and the current mileage was 19,000. Updated 10/29/13*lj
The speedometer of the car suddenly went all the way to the end, passing the maximum number, 160 mph, but the car was going at only 40 mph. While this happened, the odometer of the car was accelerating like it was going at 160+mph, that is in only one mile, the odometer read like it had travelled 4-5 miles. While this was hapenning, the car could not go more than about 55-60 mph. As soon as the rpm touched 3000, the engine would shut off, and when it got below 3000rpm, it would go back on again. I stopped the...
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car, and started again, and the problem was gone. A few days later, I was going downhill and it happened again. The car was going at 50 mph and the engine shut off, and did not go back on again. While the car was going downhill and speeding up, I was able to start it again. This problem did not happen occasionally. I explained that to open road bmw at 731 us hwy 1 south, edison nj, 08817, tel 732-985-8450, but they said becuse I could not reproduce the problem right there, there was no way they could know what was wrong with the car. The problem became worse more than a year or so later, but still I could not reproduce the problem in front of the dealer. Finally, I took a videotape of the problem, and presented it to the dealer. They fixed the problem for me, but they said my car was not under warranty anymore. I kept explaining to them that the actual mileage of the car was much less than what it showed, but they would not change their minds. They said the problem was the instrument cluster. *Ak
WIRING HARNESS UNDER HOOD SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE.
FUSE BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE.
Circuit board needs to be replaced due to failure of service indicator light/tachometer. *Sd
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