Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 BMW 540I

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
26
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
20
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

26 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    3
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC Convertor
    2
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    2
  • Parking BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
98V142000·POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT1998-06-22

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE DIFFERENTIAL PINION SHAFT WITHIN THE DIFFERENTIAL CASE ASSEMBLY WAS PRODUCED WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE SURFACE HARDENING. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE SHAFT EXPERIENCING PREMATURE WEAR.

RiskTHIS CONDITION WILL CAUSE A NOISE FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL AND, ULTIMATELY, FAILURE OF THE SHAFT AND LOSS OF DRIVE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY.

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