Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / BMW / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002094475 Incident Date: Jun, 14 2002
Consumer's City: UPPER MARLBORO Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: BMW Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBAGL63482D Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 16 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While in traffic on the highway, the engine died without any warning. dealer serviced the vehicle on 04/15/2002 because of difficulties in starting the engine. failure of the engine while in traffic of 60+ mph placed myself and a passenger in great peril because i was unable to put the car on the shoulder when the engine died with the car in a traffic lane. i want to know if bmw has experienced similar problems with other new models and what is going to be done to prevent another occurrence. the car is only a few months old.*ak