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1994 BMW 740 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 28, 2000
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 Mar 27, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 BMW 740. 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 Mar 28, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
859303
Electrical
Filed Apr 13, 1995
Fire reported

UNDERHOOD FIRE; TURNED ON IGNITION; SHIFTED TO REVERSE; MOTOR DIED;ATTEMPED TO RESTART;NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERHOOD;WITHIN MINUTES, ENGULFED WITH FLAMES.

NHTSA ID
963711
Incident
Mar 29, 1995
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 27, 1995

VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENT SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. TT

NHTSA ID
962601
Incident
Aug 1, 1994

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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