2006 BMW 3 Series 325ix from North America - Comments

Nothing has gone wrong with car, but it has a design flaw that makes it unpleasant to drive.

This car has a serious hesitation problem when you demand sudden power. Like in passing or left turning with traffic coming on. The hesitation varies from 0.5 to 3 seconds with the longest times always occurring at the wrong time. One time, left turning out of a shopping center, the car totally died and the oncoming traffic caught up to me and started blowing the horns. That's impossible because I am the hornblower not the hornblowee. The car has been to 3 separate dealers and none of them were able to do anything with it except to tell me the problem is in the motor controller and there is no fix for it. The first dealer originally said "problem not verified" which infuriated me to no end. This is a bad car so don't buy it unless you can deal with it mentally. I can't. I will replace it with something Japanese, no more BMWs in my life ever again. The way this car drives goes totally against the way BMW advertises it.

Wait for a software update and in the meantime drive it carefully. I have not heard of this happening with my friends, relatives, and acquaintances who own these. You must have some horrible dealers wherever you are because everyone I know has been impressed with the quick resolution of issues by our BMW dealer. Good luck with it!

Man please that some nonesense. Go buy a lexus that looks like some 9 year old design it. Bmw are for people that like driving well made performing cars. Go talk to your dealer.

Don't feel too badly. At least your car hasn't had the huge number of failures that many recent BMW buyers suffer. The manager of a BMW dealership told me that they run off owners of older cars by quoting huge prices for maintenance because they can't keep up with warranty repairs on the new ones. Three years ago, the price for an extended warranty on a 2001 740i was about $2,000. They lost so much money that the price for a similar warranty on a 2005 545i is now $5,400. That is a good indication of how much less dependable BMWs are now then they were when they were earning their reputation. Here in San Diego, the used car market is flooded with late model BMWs that are priced way below guide values. Eventually, the guides are going to reflect the transaction prices, and resale value will join good styling on the list of features BMWs used to have.

?? You realize the 325ix was made in the late 80's. Unless of course you are referring to the 325XI, which would explain a lot about this post. I highly recommend going back to Japanese cars, we don't want your kind. Negativity gets more attention the positivity. I have a 92' 325i with 207k on it and I guarantee it has/has had less problems then your old Acura, and hopefully your New Japanese car.