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1994 BMW 530 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 Feb 7, 2001
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.
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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 Jan 16, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 BMW 530. 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 1–5 of 5

Transmission
Filed Feb 7, 2001

TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ON AND OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
880029
Incident
Dec 7, 2000
Engine
Filed May 22, 2000

FUEL EMISSION CONTROL: CANISTER BECAME CLOGGED UP, CAUSING FUEL TANK TO LEAK.* PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID
862286
Steering
Filed Nov 5, 1998

VEHICLE HARD TO MANAGE ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. BROUGHT IT IN TO DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
830194
Incident
Oct 1, 1998
Engine
Filed Oct 23, 1996

DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM., AS A RESULT THE ENGINE CYLINDER WALLS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON AUGUST OF 1996. *AK

NHTSA ID
803940
Incident
Jun 28, 1995
Engine
Filed Jan 16, 1996

PURCHASE USED WITH WARRANTY THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THERE ARE BAD FUMES IN THE CAR . TT

NHTSA ID
977590

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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