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1999 BMW 7 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 Nov 8, 2010
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 Feb 5, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 BMW 7 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

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AirbagsBody & structureBrakes
Filed Nov 8, 2010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BMW 7 SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES WERE HESITANT TO ENGAGE AND ABNORMALLY VIBRATING WHEN DECELERATING. THERE WAS ALSO A WATER LEAK IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

NHTSA ID
10364958
Incident
Oct 2, 2010
Mileage
78,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 5, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE AIR BAG(S) IN MY VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A COLLISION. THE COLLISION WAS AN OFF-CENTER FRONT-END AT A SPEED ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 20 M.P.H. OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 BMW 740IA. I BELIEVE THE AIR BAG(S) TO BE DEFECTIVE AND DID NOT PROPERLY PROTECT ME.

NHTSA ID
10005315
Incident
Jan 20, 2003

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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