| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003230261 | Incident Date: Aug, 04 2003 |
| Consumer's City: ATASCADERO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: 528I | Model Year: 1998 |
| 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#: WBADD6328WB | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 10 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 19 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: After having the vehicle serviced and a powersteering hose replaced, the vehicle was loosing a lot of fuel in the engine compartment (7 gallons in 10 miles). it turned out to be a fuel line connection on the drivers side in the engine compartment that was not fully connected and sprayed fuel out. the connection is a factory standard quick connect type.. in my opinion, fuel lines should not be of this type of quick connection, since failure to properly connect the lines may have detrimental results. fuel lines should have threaded or similar type of connection. once disconnected they would require an effort in connecting and may not result in an inadvertant oversight. in my case, it just sprayed out lots of fuel in a short amount of time while driving. |
