Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 BMW 318

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.

1
Open recalls
20
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
7
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

20 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
6
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    3
  • AIR Bags
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection SYSTEM:INJECTORS
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Electrical System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
94V037000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM1994-02-17

THE ADHESIVE MATERIAL OF THE TWO PIECE THROTTLE BODY HEATER MIGRATES INTO THE CIRCULATION CHAMBER CAUSING BUILD UP OF IMPURITIES AND RESTRICTION OF FLOW WITHIN THE CHAMBER. THIS CONDITION AND WATER VAPORS FROM THE CRANK THAT FREEZES AT LOW AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES PREVENTS THE THROTTLE PLATE FROM CLOSING AS THE DRIVER RELEASES THE GAS PEDAL, CAUSING LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL.

RiskIF LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL FROM THE FROZEN THROTTLE BODY OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

FixBMW DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY HEATER WITH A MODIFIED HEATER.

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