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1995 BMW 5 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 Dec 21, 2011
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.
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Reports on file since Sep 17, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 BMW 5 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

AirbagsDriver assistance
Filed Dec 21, 2011
Crash reported

WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN MY SUBDIVISION IN A 25 MPH ZONE, THE CAR SUDDENLY GOT SELF ACCELERATED AND GOT BEYOND MY CONTROL. I TRIED TO PUSH THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK. THE CAR HIT ANOTHER CAR ON THE SIDE, AND WENT THROUGH FRONT YARDS OF TWO HOUSES AND THEN CROSSED THE ROAD AND HIT THE BRICK WALLS OF A /C CONDENSER UNIT OF ANOTHER HOUSE AT AN ELEVATION. THE CAR THEN STOPPED AFTER BREAKING THE UTILITY WALLS. I WAS THE DRIVER AND THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE CAR. THE AIR BAG WAS NOT DEPLOYED (POPPED UP). THE CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10440842
Incident
Oct 27, 2011
Mileage
180,000 mi
ElectricalInterior & seats
Filed Sep 17, 2002

REAR DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK, AND HORN WILL NOT WORK WHEN VEHICLE WAS OFF, CAUSING A PASSENGER TO BE LOCKED INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND WAS UNABLE TO NOTIFY BYSTANDERS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID
8018805
Incident
Aug 28, 2002
ElectricalInterior & seats
Filed Sep 17, 2002

ALL DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK, AND HORN WILL NOT WORK WHEN VEHICLE WAS OFF, CAUSING A PASSENGER TO BE LOCKED INSIDE, AND WAS UNABLE TO NOTIFY BYSTANDERS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID
8018796
Incident
Aug 29, 2002

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.

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