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1997 BMW 840CI 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 14, 2006
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 Aug 29, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 BMW 840CI. 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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Exterior lighting
Filed Mar 14, 2006

1. HEADLIGHT ADJUSTERS FALL OFF AND THE POP-UP HEADLIGHTS TILT DOWN. 2. VISIBILITY BECOMES POOR AT NIGHT - A SAFETY PROBLEM. 3. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER - PARTS ON BACKORDER SINCE AT LEAST NOVEMBER 4, 2005. NO REPAIR IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT PARTS. DEALER SAYS 139 PART KITS ARE ON BACKORDER AS OF 3/12/06, INDICATING WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH VERY RARE CAR. *NM

NHTSA ID
10152694
Incident
Nov 4, 2005
Mileage
81,000 mi
Exterior lighting
Filed Aug 29, 2002

ADJUSTERS FALL OFF AND THE HEADLIGHTS TILT DOWN AND VISIBILITY BECOMES VERY POOR AT NIGHT.

NHTSA ID
766399
Incident
Jan 1, 2002

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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