Equipment
Filed Sep 8, 1999CA
ASH TRAY.
1998 BMW 525i
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › disc. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Aug 18, 1999NJ
WE ARE REPORTING A SIGNIFICANT BRAKE WEAR ON MINIMAL MILEAGE WITH VERY MODEST USAGE. WE WE ASKED BY THE DEALERSHIP NOT TO REPORT THIS TO THE NATIONAL OFFICE. WE HAVE , AS YET, NOT REPRTED THIS TO THE NATIOANL BMW OFFICE UNTIL WE FILED THIS REPORT AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM YOU REGARDING ANYOTHER SIGNIFICANT REPORTS OF BMW BREAK FAILURE OR EXTREME WEAR. WE HAVE HAD TWO PREVIOUSLY LEASED BMW'S THAT WERE DIRVEN THEIR FULL 36MON/36,000 MILES WITH NO BREAK PROBLEMS INCLUDING NO REPLACEMENT OF PADS OR ROTORS.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2004| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 84 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2002 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2001 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.