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2001 BMW K 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 Aug 15, 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 15, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2001 BMW K 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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Fuel system
Filed Aug 15, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS A GASOLINE SMELL WAS NOTICED. UPON THE ARRIVAL TO THE CONTACT HOME, GAS WAS OBSERVED TO BE LEAKING OUT OF THE HOSE FROM THE GAS TANK. WHEN THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED RECALL # 04V028000 WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS LOCATED 60 MILES AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE THEREFORE THE CONTACT EXPRESSED IT WAS UNFAIR TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR TOWING SERVICES TO THE DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ID
10165558
Incident
Aug 10, 2006
Mileage
6,820 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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