| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003270825 | Incident Date: Sep, 01 2003 |
| Consumer's City: HOLLAND | Consumer's State: MI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: 328I | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 14 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Power lock actuators on vehicle fail repeatedly. between 2000 and 2003, three power lock actuators failed on vehicle (both rear doors and front passenger door). sometimes the actuators get stuck in the locked position, sometimes unlocked. walked away from vehicle with an unlocked door on several occasions before discovering problem. in one case (front pass. door), door lock was even difficult (but not impossible) to operate manually: this was stuck in the locked position, making entry into the vehicle very difficult. |
