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1990 BMW 535 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 Apr 30, 1999
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.
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Reports on file since May 15, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 BMW 535. 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

Visibility
Filed Apr 30, 1999

VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V178000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
837300
Brakes
Filed Mar 24, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CONSUMER STEPS ON THE BRAKES, THE COMPUTER SHOWS THE BRAKES LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. *AK

NHTSA ID
821708
Incident
Feb 13, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 5, 1996

INTERIOR VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE POWER SEATS. *AK

NHTSA ID
982368
Incident
Mar 28, 1996
Electrical
Filed May 15, 1995

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL/ POWER DOOR LOCK FAILURE, PREVENTING PASSENGER FROM EXITING VEHICLE. *SKD

NHTSA ID
486053
Incident
Oct 2, 1991

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

Data on this page last refreshed .