Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 BMW R Series

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
0
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
2
Service bulletins

Recalls

1 campaign
88V192000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH1988-12-13

PLASTIC PIN AND/OR ADJUSTABLE STOP BOLT WHICH ACTIVATE FRONT/REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES COULD CAUSE SWITCH FAILURE.

RiskBRAKE LIGHT WOULD NOT FUNCTION; THUS, A CRASH INVOLVINGANOTHER VEHICLE COULD OCCUR.

FixMODIFY FRONT HAND BRAKE LEVER; PLACE A CAP ON REAR BRAKE STOP BOLT; AND REPLACE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES WITH NEWER SWITCH.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA88037·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-07-22 → 1989-03-09

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS

Led to recall88V192000

PE88057·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-06-01 → 1988-07-22

BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE

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