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1983 BMW 528E 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 22, 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.
2
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 May 23, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 BMW 528E. 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

Engine
Filed Dec 22, 2005
Fire reported

1983 528E CAUGHT ON FIRE DESTROYING VEHICLE. *TS *JB

NHTSA ID
10146479
Incident
Oct 1, 2004
Interior & seatsVisibility
Filed Jul 8, 2005
Fire reported

1983 BMW 528E CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE DASH.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM THE VEHICLE HAD WAS AN INOPERATIVE ELECTRIC WINDOW. *JB

NHTSA ID
10129127
Incident
Oct 1, 2004
Engine
Filed May 23, 2002

AE 1983 MODEL, VEHICLE OVERHEATED CAUSING PRESSURE IN THE HEATER SYSTEM BLOWING THE HEATER CORE.*JBJG

NHTSA ID
8010355
Incident
Mar 15, 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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