2002 BMW 1 Series

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting
Filed Dec 11, 2011NJ

I UNDERSTAND THAT BMW WILL REMEDY THE DEFECT PRESENTLY, HOWEVER 10/7/09 I PAID $271.78 AND 7/28/10 I PAID $294.25 FOR REPAIRS TO THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. WILL I BE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE REPAIRS DONE AT MY LOCAL AUTO SERVICE COMPANY, SINCE I WAS UNAWARE AND NOT INFORMED BY BMW THAT IT WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS? I DO HAVE THE BILLS FOR THOSE REPAIRS AS PROOF OF THE WORK DONE TO THE SPECIFIC PARTS RECALLED. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2011
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20120100Routine
201133320Routine
20108300Routine
200918200Routine
200818300Routine
20076000Routine
20065000Routine
20053000Routine
20043000Routine
20031000Routine
2002 — this page1000Routine
20011000Routine
20001000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.