2001 BMW 745i

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Jun 22, 200425,000 milesPA

CONSUMER STATED BATTERY FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE POWER LOCKS FAILED TRAPPING THE OCCUPANTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR OVER AN HOUR. *AK THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT THE CONSUMER BUT WAS THE FIRE CHIEF CALLED TO THE SCENE. HE WITNESSED THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE'S DOORS COULD NOT BE OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. THEY HAD TO BREAK THE LEFT REAR WINDOW TO GET THE OCCUPANT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20080100Routine
20071100Routine
20060100Routine
200516300Routine
200424030Routine
200332210Routine
200254210Routine
2001 — this page1000Routine

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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.