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2002 BMW M3 engine and engine cooling problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2002 BMW M330% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
30%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The exhaust cam hub tabs break off on the 2000-2008 bmw m3 models. If caught when only one tab breaks it can be replaced. If both tabs break completely off the engine will seize. There are hundreds of people with the same issue. Bmw na will not address this issue. *js

    filed Mar 21, 2012

  • I have a bmw m3 which has an smg transmission. I was driving and all of a sudden my car loses power to change the gears and my car started to jerk while on the road nearly crashing into another car. It turns out that the smg pumps for bmw m3 have always a high failure design flaw. The cost to fix…

    filed Oct 14, 2011

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

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other M3 years

YearReportsShare
2009 M312%
2008 M311%
2004 M313%
2003 M324%
1997 M3316%
M3 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.