Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1999 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
22
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
10
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical System
    4
  • Steering
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    2
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
99V004000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES1999-01-04

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE THICKNESS OF THE MAIN POSITIVE ELECTRICAL CABLE (GENERATOR TO STARTER) INSULATION IS LESS THAN SPECIFIED, MAKING IT SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING ABRADED OR CUT BY THE CLIP THAT SECURES THE CABLE TO THE GENERATOR.

RiskTHE CABLE INSULATION CAN BE WORN AWAY, EXPOSING THE WIRE. THE WIRE COULD CONTACT THE CLIP OR A SHORT CIRCUIT COULD OCCUR.

FixDEALERS WILL APPLY A THICKNESS OF INSULATING TAPE TO THE CABLE IN THE AREA OF THE CLIP, AND INSTALL A REVISED CLIP.

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