Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1999 BMW 325

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Feb 1, 2016117,000 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BMW 325. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE SLOPING ROAD. THE SUB FRAME REMAINED PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE SUSPENSION NOT TO PROPERLY SUPPORT THE VEHICLE'S MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, UPON ACCELERATION, THE SUB FRAME OF THE VEHICLE JERKED UP AND DOWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE DAMAGED ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE REAR AXEL PULLING ON THE REAR TIRE AS A RESULT OF THE LOOSE SUB FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS 117,000.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 16, 1999FL

BRAKE ROTORS WARP VERY 3000 MILES, CAUSING VIBRATION AND PULSATION. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS TWICE. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20120100Routine
20110100Routine
20100100Routine
20090100Routine
20081100Routine
20070100Routine
20068100Routine
20039000Routine
200226210Do not drive
200131250Do not drive
20000200Do not drive
1999 — this page2000Routine
19984000Routine
19971000Routine
19964000Routine
199523000Routine
199425100Routine
19938310Routine
199223300Routine
19916310Routine
19906200Routine

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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.