Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2005 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
25
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
71
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • AIR Bags
    16
  • Exterior Lighting
    4
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • VISIBILITY/WIPER
    2
  • Electrical System
    2
  • Service Brakes
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1

NHTSA investigations

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

REAR LAMP ILLUMINATION

Led to recall11V438000

PE09036·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2009-08-07 → 2009-12-22

REAR LAMP ILLUMINATION

Led to recall11V438000

PE09036·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS2009-08-07 → 2009-12-22

REAR LAMP ILLUMINATION

Led to recall11V438000

PE09036·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL2009-08-07 → 2009-12-22

REAR LAMP ILLUMINATION

Led to recall11V438000

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