Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / Z3 ROADSTER / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002092188 Incident Date: Apr, 22 2002
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: DC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: Z3 ROADSTER Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seat belts:front:retractor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: ? Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 24 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2099
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Bmw has failed to repair the seat belt defects on this car. the seat belt retractors are frozen and cannot be used while driving the car. it sounds like they have had a number of problems with the seat belt retractors on the z3 roadster, but are trying to brush us off. we need your help to make sure we can use the seat belts while driving this car. in addition, the entire seat system in this car is lousey, and required us to have the driver seat back bracket repalced on 2 separate occassions.