BMW 535i Complaints

536 consumer complaints on file.

#894963August 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER IS CALLING DEALER IN REGARD TO NHTSA RECALL 98V17800 FOR ENGINE COOLANT REPAIRS. BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED BECAUSE CONSUMER HAD SOME OF THE WORK PERFORMED PRIOR TO RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAS OFFERED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF RECALL COST, BUT REFUSED TO REMEDY REMAINING WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888373May 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
RADIATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO OVERHEATING. ALSO, HEATING CORE WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED, AND ANTIFREEZE WAS SPROUTING OUT. RECEIVED RECALL 93V015000 NOTICE. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED NO REPLACEMENT TO RADIATOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560649April 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 98V17800 AFTER ALREADY HAVING RADIATOR CAP AND RADIATOR REPAIRED DUE TO OVERHEATING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884164March 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
RECALL 98V178000, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER IN MARCH OF 2001, BUT REPLACED RADIATOR CAP IN JUNE OF 1999, DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. ALSO REPLACED THERMOSTAT/ WATERPUMP TWICE, AND ALL BELTS. STILL HAS PROBLEM OF OVERHEATING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883871March 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER HAD REPLACED MOST OF ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM PARTS. EACH TIME THAT TAKES VEHICLE TO DEALER THEY WILL REPLACE A PART, AND PRESENTLY, VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE FIXED AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862836May 31, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 3 MPH STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#784630May 16, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED THE STARTER TO BURN UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE LOOSING ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860989April 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER A FEW TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. BUT PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721382April 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
BMW ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECT IN RADIATOR CAP ON THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE SAYING IT CAN CAUSE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO BUILD UP IN SYSTEM, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR PROBLEMS THAT IT CAUSES FROM THE DEFECTIVE PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717380January 15, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717012January 7, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT OPENS WITHOUT WARNING. THE BUCKLE HOLDS SECURELY, AND THEN OPENS WITHWITHOUT BEING TOUCHED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716975January 6, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
THERE WAS A RECALL IN 1997 OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SIMILAR, BMW 525I. NHTSA # 97V131000 CONCERNING RADIATOR CAP. ALSO, SUUDEN ACCELERATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548587September 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE PRIOR TO NOTICE RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM REPAIRS (98V-178). MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846345September 1, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT BUCKLE PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. SEAT BELT WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845187August 17, 1999
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON BECAUSE OF A WIRE BURNING OUT. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHORTLY AFTER WIRE WAS REPLACED, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CONTACT RING LOCKING TAB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700590November 13, 1998
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
VEHICLE RECALLED FOR COOLANT CAP REPLACEMENT TO PREVENT RUPTURE OF HEATER CORE AND INJURIES TO PASSENGERS. HEATER CORE ON VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY LEAKING. I CONTACTED BMW CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO INQUIRE IF HEATER CORE WOULD BE REPLACED WHEN RECALL WAS PERFORMED. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT A LOCAL DEALER. THE LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THAT HEATER CORES WERE REPLACED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THIS VEHICLE DID NOT FIT THE CRITERIA FOR A REPLACEMENT UNDER BMW GOODWILL. THIS VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WAS WELL CARED FOR BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I WILL NOT ACCEPT A REFUSAL FROM BMW ON THIS MATTER AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU MIGHT OFFER. I ALSO FOUND ON THIS SIGHT AN INVESTIGATION OF BMW HEATER CORE FAILURE AND A RECALL#93V015000 OF WHICH I CAN NOT FIND A COPY LISTED. SINCERELY R.J.FOLEY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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