Consumer Complaint Detail
BMW / Z3 ROADSTER / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005036754 | Incident Date: Aug, 26 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PORTLAND | Consumer's State: OR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: Z3 ROADSTER | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4USCH7327WL | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2005 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 27 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt: 1998 bmw z3 roadster - there was a spontaneous deployment of both driver and passenger side air bags. while driving on a dry rough road the air bags deployed, consumer did not come in contact with anything, and was driving only about 5 mph when the air bags deployed. was able to pull over to the side of the road. the vehicle was taken to a dealership, and they say that an impact with a pot hole caused air bag deployment. consumer claimed he did not hit a pot hole hard enough to cause this deployment. the dealership did not check the sensors to see if there was a problem with the air bags. there was no recall on the air bag defect on this model. however there was a recall on air bags in other bmw models. *ak |