2001 BMW 528i

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › side/window. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel/Propulsion System1
000
Air Bags › Side/Window1
001

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Mar 9, 201585,920 milesCA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BMW 528I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, FUEL WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME SYMPTOMS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,920. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Air Bags › Side/Window1 injured
Filed Jan 17, 2002IL

CONSUMER STATES FRONT SEAT SIDE AIRBAGS (4) DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY COLLISION AND CAUSED INJURY, AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER ADJUSTING CD PLAYER BUTTON (CLAIM # 13-7535-667). *YD

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
201659440Routine
201565150Routine
201457350Routine
201373410Routine
201289430Routine
2011117410Routine
201065240Routine
200922210Routine
20081182160Routine
20071100Routine
2001 — this page2000Routine
200042140Routine
199946000Routine
199833010Routine
199741010Routine

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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.