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1994 BMW 535I 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 Mar 29, 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.
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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 Sep 1, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 BMW 535I. 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 1–2 of 2

Driver assistance
Filed Mar 29, 2005
Crash reported

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , AND IT CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

NHTSA ID
10117073
Incident
Mar 29, 2005
Seat belts
Filed Sep 1, 1999

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT BUCKLE PROPERLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. SEAT BELT WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
846345

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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