Safety Score
94
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
33
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2000 BMW Z3.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | The contact owns a 2000 BMW Z3. The contact’s wife stated that while coming to a stop, the driver’s side front air bag … |
| 2023-11-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Rear subframe suspension weld bolt crack from the body subframe, Can observe on the truck of the car the fracture weld … |
| 2020-12-14 | ENGINE | No | 1 | THE SUBFRAME IS TEARING APART FROM THE FRAME ITSELF IN THE TRUNK. SPOT WELDS HAVE FAILED AND SEPARATION IS OBVIOUS. ## … |
| 2020-09-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BOTH AIRBAGS POPPED WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED AT 711. MY DASH AND WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CAR WAS NOT STARTED. I WAS SITT… |
| 2020-02-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG COMES ON ALL THE TIME . I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE TAKAT A AIR BAGS |
| 2019-11-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM COMPLAINT MADE IN DEC., REF. #11288210. FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED CAUSING FRONT WINDOW T… |
| 2018-07-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IN SHOP..... STATIONARY UP ON LIFT ...' DIFFERENTIAL BRACKET..... UNDERNEATH CAR..... THE WELD RIVETS SEPARATE...THE R… |
| 2018-07-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IN SHOP...' STATIONARY...'. DRAIN PLUGS UNDERNEATH THE CAR..... CONVERTIBLE ROOF MOTOR.... DRAIN PLUGS BECOME BLOCKED..… |
| 2018-04-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW Z3. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES, TH… |
| 2018-04-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW Z3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT EN… |
| 2016-09-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE SHOWS WARNING SIGN ALL TIMES |
| 2011-10-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HEARD A CREAKING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR, I PUT IT ON JACKS TO CHECK IT OUT. TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE … |
| 2011-06-24 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ON 24JUN2011, I SWERVED FROM A PARALLEL LANE TO AVOID BEING SIDESWIPED. NO CONTACT WAS MADE BETWEEN VEHICLES. HOWEVER… |
| 2009-08-25 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW Z3. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH INTO AN INTERSECTION, UNEXPECTEDLY… |
| 2008-10-23 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW Z3. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER… |
| 2007-12-28 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BMW Z3. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THA… |
| 2005-03-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BMW Z3 SEAT BELT TENSIONER FAULT. BY READING ONLINE MESSAGE BOARDS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAULT. SEAT BELT IS FINE, BU… |
| 2005-01-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH MY BMW Z3 2000''INTERNAL WATER PUMP FAILURE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, RATTLING NOISES IN T… |
| 2004-04-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | NIELLO BMW OF SACRAMENTO CHECKED MY Z3 2000 FOR TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON ADVISE, AND SOME FLUTTERING NOISE CAME OUT… |
| 2003-12-29 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | SRS LIGHT ON MY MW Z3 IS ON. KNOWN REPEATING PROBLEM ON Z3.*AK |
| 2003-11-14 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | AFTER RUNNING OVER A METAL PANEL IN THE ROAD THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS N… |
| 2002-07-29 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | BMW EXAMINED THE Z3 ON AUGUST 1, 2002 AND TOLD ME THAT THE FORCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO CAUSE A SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. … |
| 2002-07-29 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 1 | DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN A BOUNCING ROCK STRUCK UNDER THE CAR, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH… |
| 2001-06-21 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 1 | A ROCK WENT BOUNCED UP UNDER THE CAR AND SET OFF THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. THE AIRBAG BRUISED THE DRIVERS ARM AND RIBS.… |
| 2001-05-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN AUTOMOBILE STRUCK AN OBJECT UNDER THE CAR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES P… |
| 2001-05-01 | TIRES:SIDEWALL | No | 0 | BOTH THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SOFT SPOTS/BUBBLES IN THE SIDEWALL. AUTHORIZED DEALERS CLAIM DA… |
| 2001-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | A GRINDING SOUND CAME FROM REAR BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER ,AND DEALER REPLACED REAR BRAKES. CURRENTLY, AT … |
| 2000-09-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | EPORTING DRIVER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT FROM THE RETRACTOR; UNABLE TO SEAT BELT, DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRS ARE BE… |
| 2000-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON THE Z3 2.3 MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODEL THE COMPUTER CAUSES THE ENGINE TO KEEP REVVING AFTER THE THROTTLE IS RELEASED, … |
| 2000-01-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AT LEAST 6 TIMES THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS JAMMED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FASTEN THE SEAT/SHOULDER RESTRA… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING A COLLISON. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK |
| — | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER SHOWS 6% OVER ACTUAL SPEED. THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE DUE TO 1) NO ACCURATE SPEED KNOWN, 2) DRIVER'S ATTENTION… |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER RETRACTOR KEEPS JAMMING, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION. DEALER ONLY HAS UNJAMMED SHOULDER STR… |