Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 530I / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003251443 Incident Date: Dec, 21 2003
Consumer's City: CALABASAS Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 530I Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBADT63403C Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 24 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 07 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While slowly entering my garage from driveway, car accelerated and lunged forward. i applied brakes as hard as possible, but could not stop car. crashed into refrigerator at back of garage. subsequently, took vehicle to bmw dealer service department. the report from service department said, "could not reproduce fault. car is operating property. no faults are stored in the system, and the system safeguards are functioning properly." *la