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2001 BMW 325 engine and engine cooling problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2001 BMW 32542% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
42%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Recall date: 09-28-2001 units potentially affected: 1,550 nhtsa campaign number: 02v138000 defective part or component: engine and engine cooling:cooling system:fan description: on certain passenger vehicles, the engine auxiliary/cooling fan operation, including variable speed, is electronically…

    filed Jun 16, 2009

  • The engine over heated and stalled, which caused consumer to lose control of the vehicle and hit a curb, the dealer stated the exhaust valves of the engine were bent, and the cam shaft had problems, which caused the vehicle to over heat, consumer believed the installation of the cam shaft, caused…

    filed Mar 18, 2003

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other 325 years

YearReportsShare
2002 32514%
1995 32514%
1994 325416%
1992 325313%
325 engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.