Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 7, 2001CA
TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ON AND OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
1994 BMW 530
Routine
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed May 22, 2000CA
FUEL EMISSION CONTROL: CANISTER BECAME CLOGGED UP, CAUSING FUEL TANK TO LEAK.* PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed Nov 5, 1998NY
VEHICLE HARD TO MANAGE ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. BROUGHT IT IN TO DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK *ML
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 23, 1996FL
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM., AS A RESULT THE ENGINE CYLINDER WALLS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON AUGUST OF 1996. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Jan 16, 1996NY
PURCHASE USED WITH WARRANTY THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THERE ARE BAD FUMES IN THE CAR . TT
5 of 5 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.