BMW e46 class action lawsuit - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 06-24-2009, 06:14 AM

Interesting and maybe relevant. I received notice in the mail of a class action suit filed here in CA against BMW on their long standing denial of the rear sub-frame defects. This topic is an old and persistent issue for the company and the owners of E46 models.

Seems this folks are testy when their rear axles tend to sep. from the car.

Anyway, I remember the naysayers on the BMW forums, deriding the prospect of a class action suit. Familiar?

I will keep you posted on how it goes. Apparently, the company intends to settle while denying there is any defect.

Hmmmm.

SeanZ4 · 06-24-2009, 07:47 AM

Brucelee, I've had 2 Z3s (E36/7) a Z4 and a '04 E46 Cic. I belonged to all the forums over the years. The rear sub-frame mount or whatever was like the "IMS failure" of these forums. If I recall it seemed a lot of the people having that problem tracked their cars??? I bought both of my Z3s used. I remember crawling under the car after being alarmed at reading the scary-threads only to find nothing... Do you have an E46? That's what I traded in on my current Boxster S. I didn't have a problem one with mine. It was also a third car so it didn't see a lot of use.

sean

Brucelee · 06-24-2009, 08:50 AM

According to the papers I received, the lawsuit did not relate to the Z3. It is my understanding that the Z3 subframe was different than the other E46 models, it sedans, coupes, etc.

I did not have a sub-frame issue with my E46 sedan; I loved the car and was more afraid of the auto trans going than the sub-frame.

To my knowledge, the subframe issue occured on all kinds of E46,s ie those that were street driven, tracked etc.

SeanZ4 · 06-24-2009, 10:54 AM

Just went home for lunch and had this in my mail box!

ddb · 06-24-2009, 02:19 PM

Too funny. Yesterday I received a letter that I didn't and still haven't opened. I remembered seeing "Class Action Settlement" on it and planned on getting around to opening it this weekend. So I see this thread which jogged my memory and bingo - I have the same letter.

I ordered my E46 coupe in January of 2000 (the first year the coupe was available) and sold the car 2.5 or 3 years later. I had several problems that were all covered under warranty but never experienced any sub-frame problems.

DANMKII · 06-26-2009, 05:54 AM

I guess now the question is...

When will one surface for the boxster?...