2008 BMW M Roadster

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Feb 22, 201343,000 milesCA

MY CAR WAS IN FOR ROUTINE CARE FOR INSPECTION II WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE SHOP THAT I HAD SUFFERED AND EXHAUST CAM FAILURE, WHICH IS COMMON WITH EARLIER ENGINES, BUT WAS REPORTEDLY NOT A PROBLEM WITH MINE PER BMW NA. THIS FAILURE RESULTS IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE, AND DEPENDING ON THE SPEED ONE IS TRAVELING AT, POTENTIAL DRIVER INJURY. MY CAR HAS ~43000 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2008 — this page1000Routine
20025000Routine
20014000Routine
200019010Routine
199918000Routine
199819000Routine

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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.