2000 BMW 328Ci Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2000 BMW 328Ci is written for a single body and a single engine: a two-door coupe with the naturally aspirated 2.8L inline-six, double overhead camshafts, gasoline, in one trim. That focus lets the specifications stand as figures rather than ranges. Valve timing, clearances, torque sequences, cooling pressures, fuel and ignition values, brake and suspension geometry and the coupe's wiring are each given for this car and no other variant.

Engines covered

• 2.8L inline-six — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door coupe

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2000 328Ci. The federal record holds four recalls, every one of them an air bag inflator. Driver-side units are covered in three: moisture absorbed over time can leave the inflator to rupture on deployment, sending metal fragments into the cabin, or to underinflate the cushion so it does not protect the occupant. The fourth covers passenger inflators whose propellant degrades in sustained heat and humidity. Fifteen complaints are recorded, seven on the suspension, three on the air bags and three on the structure.