| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000100028 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: OMAHA | Consumer's State: NE |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: BMW | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Structure:body:door |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: UNKNOWN | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 17 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This vehicle when locked from the outside locks occupants inside with no way to escape. this happened to my family and we were saved by a passerby who heard us yelling and went to fetch the driver who had stepped away from the car locking it accidentally. we nearly suffocated. cars msut be equipped with a failsafe way to open a door or window, even with no power. this problem is just like the freezer chest latches than have now been outlawed. my family could have been killed by this defect. |
