| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005045804 | Incident Date: Jul, 24 2005 |
| Consumer's City: POUGHKEEPSIE | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: COOPER | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering:rack and pinion:rack |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WMWRC33433T | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 07 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 20 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Failure of steering gear assembly resulting in replacement of assembly 3x. failure resulted in more difficulty turning steering wheel and creaking noise emitting from underside of car. dealer stated there was a tsb on this issue. 1st instance 7/8/04 @32,297 miles, 2nd instance 3/2/05 @48,551 miles, 3rd instance 7/25/05 @59,112 miles. all failures occurred between july 2004 and july 2005. old part kept by dealership.*jb |
