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Year · Make · Model

2003 BMW 745I

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
32
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
24
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

32 filed
8
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Engine
    4
  • Power Train
    4
  • AIR Bags
    4
  • Service Brakes
    3
  • Seat Belts
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Service BRAKES, Hydraulic
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
03V324000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2003-08-26

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE ENGINE OIL FILTER DRAIN PLUG MAY BE INSUFFICIENTLY TIGHTENED. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOOSENING OF THE PLUG CAUSING AN INITIAL OIL SPRAY AND A SUBSEQUENT OIL LEAK.

RiskIF A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL LOSS OCCURS, ENGINE DAMAGE MAY RESULT. DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TORQUE OF THE OIL FILTER DRAIN PLUG AND, IF NECESSARY, RETIGHTEN THE DRAIN PLUG WITH THE CORRECTLY SPECIFIED TORQUE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

03V240000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2003-07-01

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, DUE TO A SOFTWARE ERROR, A DESYNCHRONIZATION OF THE VALVETRONIC MOTORS FOR ENGINE BANKS I AND II MAY OCCUR. IF THIS OCCURS, THE ENGINE COULD STALL.

RiskIN THOSE CASES, THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF ENGINE ROUGHNESS, OR STALLING, AS WELL AS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND THE DRIVER'S REACTIONS, THIS COULD LEAD TO A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE DIGITAL ENGINE MANAGEMENT CONTROL UNIT. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 8, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
EA12002·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2012-04-10 → 2013-01-24

Vehicle Rollaway

Led to recall12V502000

EA12002·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION2012-04-10 → 2013-01-24

Vehicle Rollaway

Led to recall12V502000

EA12002·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2012-04-10 → 2013-01-24

Vehicle Rollaway

Led to recall12V502000

EA12002·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH2012-04-10 → 2013-01-24

Vehicle Rollaway

Led to recall12V502000

PE11025·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2011-08-05 → 2012-04-23

Vehicle Rollaway

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