Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 BMW 525

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.

2
Open recalls
15
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
5
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

15 filed
3
Crashes
2
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    2
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER Adjust
    2
  • AIR Bags
    1
  • Steering
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
94V066000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1994-04-11

FEED FUEL HOSES CAN HARDEN AND "SET" OVER TIME, ALLOWING A SEEPAGE OF FUEL AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOSE AND THE ENGINE FITTING. THE CLAMP USED TO HOLD THE HOSE TO THE FITTING IS UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE HARDENING OF THE FEED FUEL HOSE.

RiskFUEL SEEPAGE BETWEEN THE FEED FUEL HOSE AND THE ENGINE FITTING CAN RESULT IN FREE FUEL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixA REDESIGNED FEED FUEL HOSE AND HOSE CLAMP WILL BE INSTALLED TO ALLEVIATE THE FUEL SEEPAGE.

91V029000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1991-02-15

INSUFFICIENT AXIAL CLEARANCE EXISTS FOR THROTTLE VALVE, SHAFT, AND HOUSING DUE TO THE DIFFERENT THERMAL EXPANSION RATES OF THE SEPARATE PARTS WHEN VEHICLE REACHES NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURES AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS 40 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR LESS.

RiskTHE LIMITED AXIAL CLEARANCE CAN CAUSE THE MOVEMENT OF THETHROTTLE VALVE TO BE IMPEDED, THE VALVE IS UNABLE TO CLOSE. THIS IMPEDANCE WOULDKEEP THE VEHICLE FROM DECELERATING AT THE USUAL RATE AFTER THE GAS PEDAL ISRELEASED; THIS COULD CAUSE UNEXPECTED MAINTENANCE OF SPEED AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSPECT AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE BY REPLACING THROTTLE HOUSING IF INSUFFICIENT AXIAL CLEARANCE IS FOUND.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA95013·AIR BAGS1995-03-31 → 1996-07-15

AIR BAG WIRING FAILURE

Led to recall96V110000

PE94088·AIR BAGS1994-11-25 → 1995-03-31

AIR BAG WIRING FAILURE

Led to recall96V110000

PE94057·STEERING1994-07-26 → 1994-11-25

STEERING LCK-UP/IMPEDIMENT

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