2001 BMW M Consumer Discussions

BMW M3 Maintenance and Repair

Re: reseting the ecu after oil change [gmonkies]

Written by: roadburner on May 18, 2008 08:58 PM

Does anyone knows how to reset the ecu for my 2001 m3 after my oil change? I remember reading somewhere that I can manually reset without needing a device. But I can't find that post now. Any suggestions will e greatly appreciated. 1. Key in 0 or off position. 2. Press and hold odometer button and turn key to 1 or acc. position. 3. Keep button pressed until any of the ... Read More...

reseting the ecu after oil change

Written by: gmonkies on May 18, 2008 05:13 PM

Does anyone knows how to reset the ecu for my 2001 m3 after my oil change? I remember reading somewhere that I can manually reset without needing a device. But I can't find that post now. Any suggestions will e greatly appreciated. BTW, does anyone know a website that I can find out bmw club event in southern california? Thanks! Read More...

Re: 2002 - 2003 M3 Reliability? [fedlawman]

Written by: gmonkies on Feb 05, 2008 10:03 AM

Wow, I never realized I can ruffle so much feathers with my believe based on the info from magazine report. I was only trying to give a fellow BMW enthusiast a point of view based solely on the 1/4 mile time as one of many measures. But I will entertain the comments and continue with this debate one more time. My recollection was that when Road and Track magazine introduced ... Read More...

Article Comments - Sports Coupe Shoot-Out

Price to Fun ratio

Written by: m3guy on Oct 16, 2006 03:54 PM

I can understand why cayman S won over the m coupe but come on now, we're comparing a 70k car to a 54.5k car! lets try to keep it within 10k range at least. im sure if BMW spent more money in research in developing a lighter chassis/materials, use a new engine (instead of the 2001 s54 engine)....and charge the car for like 65k then i bet the BMW M coupe will win :) Read More...

2007 BMW M3 (E92)

Re: Ques. re: Leasing [nyccarguy]

Written by: ssoccorso on Jul 11, 2006 00:12 PM

Im going to lease 2006 M3 (a.s.a.p) with silver grey metallic, cold weather pack, xenon lights, nav, harman-sound,19" rims, SMG box. *MSRP total is $67,145.00 thats paying full MSRP with out Illinois tax.I need 17,000 miles per year, I've tried 15,000 miles and I'm always over by 2,000 to 3,000 miles. I believe i can get the M3 for $65,000. **this will be my 3rd ... Read More...

jmaroun

Written by: ultimatedriver on Jun 27, 2006 10:12 PM

If I were you, I'd wait until the second model year. Those teething problems in the aforementioned post were due to the semi dry-sump oiling system which utilized one conventional, high capacity oil pump and a scavenger pump which recycled the oil back onto the internals of the engine. This new M3 won't have that system on it. I can't remember off hand, but I'm sure ... Read More...

BMW M3 Maintenance and Repair

Re: won't go above 4000 RPM [jgoldstone]

Written by: red4man on Jun 13, 2006 02:28 AM

Hi, YES I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM My name is Clinton Redman and I have a 2001 E46 M3. I have had the car for 4 yrs from 28000km to 131 000km. I was away for 6 weeks on business. The car was parked at the airport, undercover. When I returned and floored it after 20 minutes, the problem first occurred. The car has been back to BMW 3 times and numerous tuning guys have looked at ... Read More...

Re: BMW M3 Owners: Problems & Solutions [KarenS]

Written by: daler2 on Aug 29, 2005 01:50 PM

I have a 2001 M3 coupe with 25,000 miles and it is time to replace the rear Continental ContiSportContact rear tires (255/40ZR18). The fronts look like they will last a couple thousand more miles. Tire Rack has them at an attractive price - $139 each - at least compared to the Michelins and Bridgestones. The wear specs shown for the Contis are the lowest at 160 AA ... Read More...

2007 BMW M3 (E92)

2007 M3 and used M3's

Written by: scotth6 on Feb 04, 2005 08:21 AM

I traded my 2003 M3 in Sept for a 2004 and discovered one week later that most of the 2002 and 2003 M3's were recalled to replace the connecting rods. If you remember there was some problems with engines blowing up and the problem was discovered as bad connecting rods. the problem is that the entire engine has to be taken apart and its a full uninterupted days work. ... Read More...

BMW M3 Maintenance and Repair

BMW Update for M3 Coupe/Convertible with S54 Engines

Written by: bmwna on Aug 31, 2004 07:24 AM

I'm with BMW of North America, LLC (BMW NA). BMW NA is conducting a service action for S54 engines in E46 M3 Coupe/Convertible produced from February 12, 2001 and May 22, 2003. We are in the process of mailing notification letters to affected customers. Our ongoing quality testing revealed that the connecting rod bearings installed in certain M3 Coupe/Convertible ... Read More...