2002 BMW 325I Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“The plastic clips that operate the sunshade on my 2002 325I have broken four times since I purchased the vehicle in 2003 requiring replacement. The first three times the dealer covered in full under the cpo warranty, which ran out in march 2008. Out of warranty costs are $350 to repair. Tried to get the dealer to cover this last repair, which I reported just two weeks after my extended warranty expired, but they refused.”

“On my 325I, I have had three to fix the power window regulator three times for two different windows, today I took it in to fix the problem a fourth time and for the third window. Three of the fixes have been under warranty ' unfortunately the latest one is not covered. Even under warranty, it is inconvenient and this time when it happened I was four hours away from home and I had to drive with the window down ' in the cold ' to get home. Thank goodness it was not raining.”

“Like many others who have reported this problem, this will be my third time replacing a window regulator in my 2002 Bmw 325I. The month after I purchased this vehicle I had to replace the front driver's side window regulator, and a few months later I had to replace the front passenger side window regulator. This time I am replacing the regulator on the back driver's side window. This is not an inexpensive repair. It's about $400 plus per window. Someone needs to investigate this and provide a reimbursement to the consumer (me). Hopefully the next repair will be covered by Bmw. …”

“I've read several same complaints re: window regulator failure, so am adding this report for record: I have replaced two rarely used rear window regulators that were diagnosed as faulty (both rear door passenger and driver side) on my low mileage 325I 2002 -- each was after warranty expired (dates: 7/07 and 9/09). The window mechanism simply stopped responding/working, produced a grinding noise when deployed, and would not raise back up from a previously working down position. Dealer gave me a 10% labor discount first time and then a 10% each parts and labor discount on second occurrence. …”

“I am taking my 2002 Bmw 325I into the shop again tomorrow to fix the 4th power window regulator to break on the car since I purchased it last year. These have been covered under the warranty but the frequency at which this failure is occurring suggests a defect. Each time, the same symptoms were present: a loud crunching noise from the window and it gets stuck half way and no longer moves. This time, I had damage to my window tint. I have had to leave it overnight with the window down which is risky. The power regulator was replaced at the dealer each time.”