Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 318IC / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003233547 Incident Date: Jul, 13 2003
Consumer's City: REDMOND Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 318IC Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBABK5329RE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 01 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 09 1995
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Washed bird poop off the hood with an open hose (no sprayer). car would not start afterwards. had car towed to bmw repair shop. they were familiar with the problem of water getting into the engine control unit. $2200 later (engine had to be retuned because of fuel injected problems) got it back. had to hangle with insurance company because of history of these problems. seems like and obvious design defect. did research on this site and found similar case issues in just the 1994 and 1995 years. issues with the 3 series. could be with others. see these other complaint numbers. 888956 855790 855789 8006006 number wrong? 710164 893434 possible related 701777 480715 *ak