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1994 BMW 740IA 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 Jan 3, 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 Jan 3, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1994 BMW 740IA. 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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EngineSteering
Filed Jan 3, 2000

MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE WOULD INDICATE AN UNACCEPTABLE DESIGN FOR A COMPONENT WHICH NORMALLY LASTS THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE. REPLACEMENT PARTS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED. POWER STEERING HOSE FAILURE LED TO LOSS OF FLUID AND DIFFICULTY TURNING VEHICLE. REPAIR FACILITY TOLD FRIEND WITH IDENTICAL VEHICLE (MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR) THAT HE NEEDED A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP DUE TO THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING WITH INSUFFICIENT FLUID. HOSE REPLACEMENT AND FLUID REPLENISHMENT WOULD HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.NIGN VEHICLE

NHTSA ID
716774

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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