Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 328I / 2007

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007099378 Incident Date: Mar, 12 2007
Consumer's City: LAWRENCE Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 328I Model Year: 2007
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:linkages:tie rod assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBAVA33557P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 19 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2007
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I leased a bmw 328i 4 door, and the dealer delivered the new car from spring valley , ny to lawrence, ny on march 1 2007. on march 13 2007, 12 days later & 200 miles on the car which the dealer drove at least 100 or more of the miles, and while driving into a gas station for first gas fillup the front driver's side tire cracked off the tie rod, just cracked my pictures , which was unbelievable. the car was towed to the original dealer by bmw. the car was looked at by the dealer, and their response was that i hit something a few days ago, and bmw was not resposible for this. i should call my insurance ompany. i was appaled by the response, so i started writing & calling bmw of north america. i was assured by customer relations that they were sending engineers to see the car in spring valley ,ny, and responded to this matter in a timely fashion.*ak