Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 528I / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005001478 Incident Date: Jan, 04 2005
Consumer's City: METHUEN Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 528I Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, air:antilock:control unit/module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBADP6331XB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 04 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The abs controller failed intermittently causing both abs and traction control system to be disabled, specially once the engine is wam, once it failed, restarting the car won't correct the situation. if the car sits over night, the abs and traction works again for a while, depends on driving condition, if the car is taken into highway right away, the abs might work for hours, if it goes into city driving, it could fail within minutes. i have search all over the internet and found so many other owners with the similar problem. web sites researched: www.bentleypublishing.com and www.roadfly.org. *ak the car is 1999 bmw 528it, manufactured 09/98