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1988 BMW M6 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 Nov 5, 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.
0
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 Oct 1, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 BMW M6. 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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Airbags
Filed Nov 5, 2003
1 injury reported

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG WENT OFF WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY DUE TO HEADACHES. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK *PH *NLM

NHTSA ID
10042508
Incident
Sep 30, 2003
Mileage
175,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Oct 1, 1996
1 injury reported

THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
803042
Incident
Sep 29, 1996

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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