1999 BMW 525i

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body › door. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Body › Door	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure › Body › Door

Filed Sep 4, 2001PA

THE DRIVER'S INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, WHICH IS PLASTIC, BROKE OFF IN MY HAND WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR AS I ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO A BMW INTERNET FORUM THAT I MONITOR, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL. THIS EVENT REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO EITHER LOWER THE POWER WINDOW TO ACCESS THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE, OR CLIMB OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE TO THE PASSENGER'S DOOR, OR GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL USAGE. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT IT COULD HAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES.*AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2011	0	1	0	Routine
2010	0	1	0	Routine
2009	1	1	1	Routine
2008	1	1	0	Routine
2007	72	2	2	Routine
2006	77	3	4	Routine
2005	35	0	4	Routine
2004	84	0	17	Routine
2003	32	2	1	Do not drive
2002	28	4	2	Do not drive
2001	22	4	6	Do not drive
2000	0	1	0	Do not drive
1999 — this page	1	0	0	Routine
1998	2	0	0	Routine
1995	24	3	1	Routine
1994	7	4	0	Routine
1993	5	3	1	Routine
1992	18	4	2	Routine
1991	13	4	0	Routine
1990	11	3	0	Routine

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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.