Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1993 BMW 525

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings94V066000
Filed Apr 11, 1994116,300 vehiclesBayerische Motoren Werke

Defect. FEED FUEL HOSES CAN HARDEN AND "SET" OVER TIME, ALLOWING A SEEPAGE OF FUEL AT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOSE AND THE ENGINE FITTING. THE CLAMP USED TO HOLD THE HOSE TO THE FITTING IS UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE HARDENING OF THE FEED FUEL HOSE.

Risk. FUEL SEEPAGE BETWEEN THE FEED FUEL HOSE AND THE ENGINE FITTING CAN RESULT IN FREE FUEL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

Remedy. A REDESIGNED FEED FUEL HOSE AND HOSE CLAMP WILL BE INSTALLED TO ALLEVIATE THE FUEL SEEPAGE.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Apr 9, 2001FL

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE RACES TO VERY HIGH RPMS. IT APPEARS THAT VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT DIAGNOSIS WOULD BE DONE IF THE CONDITION REOCCURS. THE CONDITION DID NOT REOCCUR, ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER. *YH

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jun 2, 1999MI

THROTTLE STUCK WIDE-OPEN AFTER FULL-THROTTLE ACCELERATION ON TO EXPRESSWAY. WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SWITCHING-OFF IGNITION. BRAKES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING. POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Nov 25, 1996FL

THE ORGINAL BATTERY LOCATED UNDER THE REAR SEAT CUSHION EXPLODED, CAUSING A VERY BAD FUMES/ODOR INSIDE THE VEHIICLE. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20020100Do not drive
20013110Do not drive
19982000Routine
19971000Routine
199515010Routine
19948000Routine
1993 — this page3100Routine
199214130Routine
199115220Routine
19907200Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 11, 1994. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.