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Problems/concerns with my 323Ci: Please comment!!! (archive)

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Posted by Is this normal life with a bimmer? on April 23, 2000 at 22:07:50:

Three weeks after taking delivery, while enjoying great fun to drive my 323Ci(1300 mi so far), I have encountered the following problems/concerns:

1. The steering wheel is about 5-10 degree tilted to the right.

2. The most horrible moment happened the other day when I parked the car, opened the door slight while grabbing something from the car. The door got stuck slightly ajar! I couldn't do anything to either open or close it. So I had to escape from the passenger door!

3. The trunk door has a greater gap on the right than the gap on the left. It's very obvious so I am concerned if it will leak with heavy rain. So far only had minor rains.

4. Ignition key turning is quite heavy. The gas pedal is very heavy compared to Camry/Altima that I owned/own. Is this normal?

5. I counldn't trigger the motion sensor while the alarm is on.

6. While I can remotely open all windows, the moon roof wouldn't.

7. In case I need to use the little black spare key to open/drive the car (say I lefted the master key somewhere), how the heck can I open the without triggering the alarm?
Am I supposed to drive the car with the lights flashing for 30 minutes?

Gurus, please comment/advise what I should do or whether I should be concerned.

Thanks/Jason

Week 9 323Ci/sp/pp/step/leather/xenon/cd/heated seats



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