Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 BMW 635

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
1
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER Than Rack AND PINION)
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
85V065000·WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER1985-05-22

INCORRECT MACHINING OF THE SEATING SURFACE OF THE WHEELS WHERE IT CONTACTS THE HUB OF THE CAR MAY PREVENT THE WHEELS FROM MOUNTING SECURELY TO THE HUB. THIS MAY CAUSE THE WHEEL TO BREAK AND COULD FALL OFF. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE WHEELS COULD LOOSEN AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR. OWNERS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THEIR CARS UNTIL REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

FixSCRAPE THE CENTER BORE OF THE RIM SO IT CAN CLEAR THE CENTER OF THE HUB.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
EA92017·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1992-06-02 → 1993-03-30

HEATER CORE FAILURE

Led to recall93V015000

EA90002·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-10-12 → 1990-10-30

MSTR CYL FAILS TO RELEASE

EA89007·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-12-23 → 1989-07-26

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH

PE88086·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-08-02 → 1988-12-23

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE

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