| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000090858 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: NEWTON | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: 740 | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WBAGF8326VD | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 24 1999 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Hi, i am not sure if this is a safety defect or not. i had a sound like an expanding and contracting of metal in the back underneath of car. it sounded like a cookie sheet when it is first heating up in the oven and it expands and contracts. the dealer couldn't find anything when i brought it in but said that they were going to call bmw technical support because they had a theory that a spider was clogging up the fuel line and that this had happened once before to their knowledge and resulted in the gas tank collapsing. i brought car in again and they said they removed a spider and put in a new pipe/line. the sound i had heard before was gone. some people have told me, however, that the whole system is a closed system and that this couldn't have happened. is it possible? is problem fixed? |
