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1996 BMW 325 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 Oct 1, 1997
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.
0
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 Nov 5, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 BMW 325. 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 1–4 of 4

Body & structureElectrical
Filed Oct 1, 1997

CONVERTIBLE TOP FAILED.

NHTSA ID
605107
Seat belts
Filed Jul 16, 1997

CONSUMER SAYS WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHES, SOMETIMES IF HE TAPS ON MACHANISM IT WOULD RELEASE THE RESTRAINT BELTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
813186
Incident
Feb 1, 1997
Fuel system
Filed Jan 28, 1997

FUEL RAIL FAILED, CAUSING FUEL LEAK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

NHTSA ID
514234
Incident
Dec 4, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Nov 5, 1996

HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING, HOOD FLEW UP BREAKING THE WINDSHEILD. *AK

NHTSA ID
804556
Incident
Sep 27, 1996

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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