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1995 BMW 3 Series Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 6, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Mar 17, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 BMW 3 Series. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Suspension
Filed Sep 6, 2005
Crash reported

SUDDEN WHEEL BEARING FAILURE - LITTLE OR NO SYMPTOMS BEFORE FAILURE. SEVERE OR TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SEALED UNIT ANGULAR CONTACT UNITS ON ALL BMW'S THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON OUR VEHICLES - RESULTING IN ONE CRASH. WE KNOW OF OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS. *JB

NHTSA ID
10135364
Incident
Sep 4, 2005
Mileage
100,000 mi
Filed Jan 15, 2004

I HAVE BEEN SOLD A USED CAR THAT HAS HAD THE ODOMETER ROLLED BACK. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR UNDER A YEAR AND NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS A GOOD PLAN OF ACTION.

NHTSA ID
10069503
Incident
Jun 15, 2003
Brakes
Filed Mar 17, 2003

ABS BRAKES FAILED. THE ABS BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. INDICATOR LIGHT NOW ON. BRAKE RELAYS OK. BMW DEALER UNABLE TO FIX. THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR WHERE TO BEGIN. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10010576
Incident
Feb 1, 2003
Mileage
75,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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