2000 BMW Z3 Roadster problems
NHTSA has received 25 complaints about the 2000 BMW Z3 Roadster, and 32% of them involve body & structure. Next are air bags (16%) and suspension (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 62,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 BMW z3 roadster. The contact stated that while traveling 55 MPH, the front driver's side air bag erroneously deployed. The contact sustained burns, bruising, and hair loss as a result. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 82,754.
Car had 11 miles when pruchased, at 14 miles the dsc failed, it took the dealer 30 days to fix, the top ripped apart, the dealer reaplaced the soft top but damaged the headliner and the dash board. The soft top no longer closes properly.
While on a trip I noticed an odd knocking noise from the left rear of vehicle during accelleration while in 1st gear. Upon further inspection I found the car's sub frame in the area supporting the rear differential mount fractured and breaking away from the vehicle. The noise was due to the emergency brake cable that had popped out of its retention clip, due to the physical movement of the supporting material around it.
I purchased car 6-4-12 after driving the car I noticed a squeak and a clunking noise coming from trunk, after removing trunk lining the spot welds [4] were broke loose in trunk floor from cross member where rear end is supported.. I took the car to dealer where car was bought hoping the dealer had a service bulletin on car I was told they would repair car at my expense I asked if that was an engineered repair or just a temporary repair there response was its the first time it had ever happened..
Other model years of the Z3 Roadster
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996