Structure › Body › Door
Filed Dec 29, 1999NY
ALL AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS BECOME FROZEN, CAUSING THE DOORS NOT TO CLOSE SECURELY. DEALER REPLACED THE LOCKS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
1998 BMW 525
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › defroster/defogger/hvac system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body › Door | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVisibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Sep 8, 1999CA
HEATER.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.