Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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.

1
Open recalls
14
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
6
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

14 filed
3
Crashes
3
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL Start Interlock Switch
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    2
  • Electrical System
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V Battery
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA95013·AIR BAGS1995-03-31 → 1996-07-15

AIR BAG WIRING FAILURE

Led to recall96V110000

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