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1989 BMW 750ILA 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 Jul 22, 2003
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 Jul 22, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1989 BMW 750ILA. 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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EngineInterior & seatsPowertrain (other)
Filed Jul 22, 2003
Fire reported1 injury reported

ON JULY 13TH 2003, MY 1989 750 IL WITH ONLY 84000 MILES SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON F I R E WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRE WAS IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT NEAR THE GEAR BOX AND DASH BOARD AREA. MY WIFE PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS HELPED BY OTHER MOTORIST AND THE SPRINGER, NM FIRE DEPT AT MILE MARKER 411 ON I25. I CONTACTED BMW ON 7/17 HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET. BMW DEALERS CHECKED ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS 2 MONS AGO AND BRAKE SYSTEM 3 WEEKS AGO CHARGING 155 + 75 FOR CHECKING SYSTEMS. NO DEFECTS FOUND PER DEALER RECORDS ! PLEASE CALL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET ATTENTION FROM DEALER AND TO AVOID FUTURE "BURN VICTIMS" PIYUSH PATEL 505-445-2791 I WILL TOW THE TOTALLED BMW TO MY HOUSE AND STORE IT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION PLEASE HELP .......................*AK

NHTSA ID
10028785
Incident
Jul 13, 2003
Mileage
84,000 mi

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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