Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / M3 / 1997

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000015696 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2000
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: M3 Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 29 2001 Complaint Type: VOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The right rear tire blewout while driving causing the driver to loose control of the vehicle and and caused the vehicle to spin around 3 times, this blowout caused extensive damage to the under carriage and front bumper, this tire was 5 hours old, the second incident involved the right rear tire which had a bubble and blewout while turning a corner, this tire was 6 months old (bridgestone potenza re730, 245/40zr17bw). nlm