Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2004 BMW 3 Series

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

0
Open recalls
77
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
60
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

77 filed
1
Crashes
3
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Exterior Lighting
    41
  • AIR Bags
    15
  • Electrical System
    12
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
    3
  • VISIBILITY/WIPER
    3
  • Seats
    2
  • Power Train
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited SLIP:ABS Warning Light
    1

NHTSA investigations

13 actions
EA09019·EXTERIOR LIGHTING2009-12-18 → 2011-09-28

Rear Lamp Illumination

Led to recall11V438000

EA09019·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2009-12-18 → 2011-09-28

Rear Lamp Illumination

Led to recall11V438000

EA09019·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS2009-12-18 → 2011-09-28

Rear Lamp Illumination

Led to recall11V438000

EA09019·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL2009-12-18 → 2011-09-28

Rear Lamp Illumination

Led to recall11V438000

PE09036·EXTERIOR LIGHTING2009-08-07 → 2009-12-22

REAR LAMP ILLUMINATION

Led to recall11V438000

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