Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / M ROADSTER / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004298676 Incident Date: Sep, 18 2004
Consumer's City: MARINA DEL REY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: M ROADSTER Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:frame and members
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBSCK9336WL Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 18 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The chassis is defective. there are cracks, pulled spotwelds and separation (delamination) of unibody in the trunk area. the separation can lead to catastrophic failure, as the differential will become disconnected from the chassis.*ak this is a common problem with bmw z3 cars. more details of the problem can be found at http://www.368s.com/index.php?p=23 please require bmw to fix this design defect before it claims a life. # of failures is estimated. actual figure is probably higher and believed to be double digit percentage of vehicles produced.