1995 BMW 525

Routine

Owners filed 15 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags › Frontal3
302
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
010
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear1
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables1
000
Suspension › Front1
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
101
Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Feb 23, 2005NJ

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE TO TEMPORALLY STOP THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Oct 6, 2004NJ

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *BF THE LIGHTS WERE OUT OF BALANCE, THE FRONT RIGHT STRUT WAS BANGING AND THE A/C MADE NOISES. *SC THE POWER WINDOWS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, THE WINDSHIELD HAD A CRACK. *JB

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Jan 6, 2000CA

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR OR ADJUST THE WINDOWS FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE IS RECALL 94V219000 FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, DEALER STATES VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Electrical System
Filed Dec 10, 1999CA

ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ARE UNPROTECTED FROM WATER, DIRT, ETC., AND MAY INDUCE FAILURE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Sep 9, 1999IL

WHEN TRAVELING 30 MPH CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE ODOR. ALSO NOTED SMOKE CAME FROM THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jun 13, 1997VA

SEVERE ENGINE DRIVABILITY PROBLEMS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. ALSO ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE FAILED, BLOWS HOT AIR ON DRIVER'S FEET/CLUTCH INTERMITTENTLY SLIPS. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Apr 1, 1997NY

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 21, 1997NY

THE ENGINE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND CAUSED ACCIDENT.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 25, 1997FL

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY TURNED OVER, CRASHED INTO MEDIAN, NO WARNING, CAUSE UNKOWN, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 22, 1996CA

POWER WINDOW FAILURE.

Suspension › FrontCrash
Filed Mar 26, 1996NC

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System
Filed Mar 6, 1996TN

FUEL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN AND WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THE CAR SURGES-THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEED.. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 30, 1995NY

ANITLOCK BRAKES FAILED. *SD

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 27, 1995NY

PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION TRAVELLING AT 30 MPH. TT

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jul 25, 1995MO

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

15 of 15 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20020100Do not drive
20013110Do not drive
19982000Routine
19971000Routine
1995 — this page15010Routine
19948000Routine
19933100Routine
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.

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