Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Jan 12, 2005VA
WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. *NM *JB
1999 BMW 540
Routine
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › cooling system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator Assembly
Filed Dec 5, 200496,000 milesIA
1. NO SYMPTOMS; 2. CRACKED RADIATOR NECK, THAT WAS FORTUNATLY CAUGHT JUST PRIOR TO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE RADIATOR NECK BROKE IN MY HAND AS I WAS REMOVING IT. 3.REPLACED RADIATOR. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Nov 29, 2002CA
ACCORDING TO REPAIR FACILITY (BMW DEALER), THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, POORLY DESIGNED/MANUFACTURED RADITOR, THAT BMW WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. THEY WILL NOT EVEN RE-DESIGNED AND OR MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO CURRECT RADIATOR DESIGN FOR THE 540 MODEL. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. DT
3 of 3 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.