Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 540IA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005102091 Incident Date: Mar, 31 2005
Consumer's City: COLLEGE PARK Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 540IA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 12 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact owns a 1999 bmw 540ia with failure mileage of 100,000 miles. the contact stated that while driving at 40 mph he began having problems with the transmission. the contact stated that the gears began to function improperly, and could not be operated in 1st through reverse gears. the contact took the vehicle to the bmw dealer, where they stated that there was nothing that they would do to fix the recall. they refused to repair the vehicle without cost because the recall was issued by nhtsa and not by them. the contact stated that as of 4-13-07 the dealer has had the vehicle for over a month, and wanted to charge him $5,000, even though the failure was due to the recall. the current mileage was 140,000.*ak