Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2004 BMW Z4

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
411
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
42
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

411 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Steering
    362
  • AIR Bags
    17
  • Electrical System
    14
  • STEERING:ELECTRIC Power Assist System
    9
  • STEERING:COLUMN
    7
  • Exterior Lighting
    6
  • Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
    3
  • VISIBILITY/WIPER
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
04V182000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2004-04-12

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, UNDER CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, A VAPOR LOCK IN THE FUEL PUMP COULD OCCUR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE RESTARTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

RiskIF STALLING WERE TO OCCUR, THE DRIVER WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE SPEED OR ACCELERATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A RESISTOR IN THE ELECTRICAL LINE POWERING THE FUEL PUMP IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN OCCURRENCE OF VAPOR LOCK. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 11, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
PE10020·STEERING:COLUMN2010-06-28 → 2011-06-28

Sticky Steering

PE10020·STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM2010-06-28 → 2011-06-28

Sticky Steering

PE10020·STEERING2010-06-28 → 2011-06-28

Sticky Steering

EA08001·AIR BAGS2008-01-04 → 2008-12-31

BMW AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATION

Led to recall08V384000

EA08001·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL2008-01-04 → 2008-12-31

BMW AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATION

Led to recall08V384000

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