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Sep 1, 2010 Fuel System, Gasoline 58,471 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 BMW 740I. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED GAS LEAKING OUT OF THE GAS TANK ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. A DAY LATER, THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY PUT...

Sep 1, 2010 Fuel System, Gasoline 58,471 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 BMW 740I. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED GAS LEAKING OUT OF THE GAS TANK ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. A DAY LATER, THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY PUT...

May 13, 2008 Service Brakes, Hydraulic 120,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 BMW 740I. WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT A CRASH FROM OCCURRING. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILAGES WERE 120,000.

May 13, 2008 Service Brakes, Hydraulic 120,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 BMW 740I. WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PREVENT A CRASH FROM OCCURRING. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILAGES WERE 120,000.

Mar 29, 2005 Engine And Engine Cooling

THE ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED ON MY 1994 BMW 740I. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MODEL YEAR HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM RELATED TO THE SULPHUR CONTENT IN AMERICA GASOLINE. PLEASE INFORM ME OR ANY RECALL OR RECOURSE I MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE REGARDING THIS MATTER. DEMETRIUS BRANDON (505) 265-1130

Mar 29, 2005 Engine And Engine Cooling

THE ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED ON MY 1994 BMW 740I. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MODEL YEAR HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM RELATED TO THE SULPHUR CONTENT IN AMERICA GASOLINE. PLEASE INFORM ME OR ANY RECALL OR RECOURSE I MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE REGARDING THIS MATTER. DEMETRIUS BRANDON (505) 265-1130

Jun 28, 2004 Engine And Engine Cooling

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT DUPLICATED. CONS...

Jun 28, 2004 Engine And Engine Cooling

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT DUPLICATED. CONS...

May 21, 2003 Seats

DRIVER'S SEAT ON MY 1993 BMW 740I RECLINED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION. SEAT BACK WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WILL NOT MOVE. THIS MADE ME LOSE PARTIAL CONTROL OF CAR, LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH OUT CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *JB

May 21, 2003 Seats

DRIVER'S SEAT ON MY 1993 BMW 740I RECLINED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION. SEAT BACK WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WILL NOT MOVE. THIS MADE ME LOSE PARTIAL CONTROL OF CAR, LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH OUT CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *JB

Mar 23, 2003 Engine And Engine Cooling 67,000 mi

VEHICLE IS A 1993 BMW 740 WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO AN ENGINE RECALL IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996 AT 67,000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED DOCUMENTED OIL LEAKS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 10/1996, 12/1996, 5/1999, 6/1999, 3/2000, 6/2001, 10/2001, 1/2002, 5/2002, 7/2002, 2/2003. TH...

Mar 23, 2003 Engine And Engine Cooling 67,000 mi

VEHICLE IS A 1993 BMW 740 WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO AN ENGINE RECALL IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996 AT 67,000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED DOCUMENTED OIL LEAKS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 10/1996, 12/1996, 5/1999, 6/1999, 3/2000, 6/2001, 10/2001, 1/2002, 5/2002, 7/2002, 2/2003. TH...

Feb 20, 2003 Air Bags

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO FAULTY MODULE.*JB

Feb 20, 2003 Air Bags 120,000 mi

THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN MY VEHICLE AND I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE AIRBAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AT A SIGNIFICANT COST. I ASKED THEM IF THE MANUFACTURER COVERED THIS SINCE AN AIRBAG MODULE WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAD MOV...

Feb 20, 2003 Air Bags

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO FAULTY MODULE.*JB

Feb 20, 2003 Air Bags 120,000 mi

THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN MY VEHICLE AND I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE AIRBAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AT A SIGNIFICANT COST. I ASKED THEM IF THE MANUFACTURER COVERED THIS SINCE AN AIRBAG MODULE WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAD MOV...

Sep 29, 2002 Fuel System, Gasoline Fire

GASKETS IN ENGINE, OIL PAN, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES AFTER ORIGINALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE SMOKED AND LEAKED OIL ONTO MANIFOLD. MR

Sep 29, 2002 Engine And Engine Cooling Fire

GASKETS IN ENGINE, OIL PAN, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES AFTER ORIGINALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE SMOKED AND LEAKED OIL ONTO MANIFOLD. MR

Sep 29, 2002 Fuel System, Gasoline Fire

GASKETS IN ENGINE, OIL PAN, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES AFTER ORIGINALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE SMOKED AND LEAKED OIL ONTO MANIFOLD. MR

Sep 29, 2002 Engine And Engine Cooling Fire

GASKETS IN ENGINE, OIL PAN, AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES AFTER ORIGINALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE SMOKED AND LEAKED OIL ONTO MANIFOLD. MR

May 9, 2002 Electrical System Fire

VEHICLE CAUGT FIRE AND BURNED COMPLETELY UP WITH IN MINUTES AFTER LEAVING BMW DEALERSHIP.*AK

May 9, 2002 Electrical System Fire

VEHICLE CAUGT FIRE AND BURNED COMPLETELY UP WITH IN MINUTES AFTER LEAVING BMW DEALERSHIP.*AK

Apr 23, 2002 Electrical System

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR TIRE, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Apr 23, 2002 Electrical System

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR TIRE, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Sep 10, 2001 Seats Crash

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC OPERATORS SEAT, IT WOULD COMPLETELY RECLINE TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LATER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE...

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling Crash

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC OPERATORS SEAT, IT WOULD COMPLETELY RECLINE TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LATER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE...

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB ENGINE WAS REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE WATER PUMP, ENGINE PAN, AND VALVE COVERS. *SLC

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Seats

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT WOULD ADJUST AND DROP TO THE FULL RECLINE POSITION, WITH THE LOWER PART MOVING TO THE EXTREME FOWARD POSITON, CONSUMER STATES ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT COMPLETELY, FULLY RECLINED WHICH COULD NOT BE STOPPED OR ADJUSTED WITH THE CONTROLS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE,...

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Seats Crash

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC OPERATORS SEAT, IT WOULD COMPLETELY RECLINE TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LATER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE...

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling Crash

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC OPERATORS SEAT, IT WOULD COMPLETELY RECLINE TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LATER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE...

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB ENGINE WAS REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE WATER PUMP, ENGINE PAN, AND VALVE COVERS. *SLC

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Seats

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT WOULD ADJUST AND DROP TO THE FULL RECLINE POSITION, WITH THE LOWER PART MOVING TO THE EXTREME FOWARD POSITON, CONSUMER STATES ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT COMPLETELY, FULLY RECLINED WHICH COULD NOT BE STOPPED OR ADJUSTED WITH THE CONTROLS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE,...

Sep 10, 2001 Unknown Or Other

CONSUMER STATES THE DASH ELECTRONICS IN THE CLUSTER ARE INOPERATIVE.*JB

Sep 10, 2001 Engine And Engine Cooling

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE HOSE CLAMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED.*JB

Mar 28, 2000 Seats

WHILE DRIVING POWER SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE KEPT MOVING FORWARD, PINNING THE DRIVER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER REMOVED THE CONTROL UNIT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF REPLACEMENT, NOW SEAT CANNOT BE MOVED MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. *AK *ML

Mar 28, 2000 Seats

WHILE DRIVING POWER SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE KEPT MOVING FORWARD, PINNING THE DRIVER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER REMOVED THE CONTROL UNIT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF REPLACEMENT, NOW SEAT CANNOT BE MOVED MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY. *AK *ML

Nov 24, 1999 Power Train

WHILE DRIVNG AND APPLYING THE GAS, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ENGINE STAYS ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Nov 24, 1999 Power Train

WHILE DRIVNG AND APPLYING THE GAS, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ENGINE STAYS ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Jul 2, 1998 Engine And Engine Cooling

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED SMOKE, MORE SMOKE FURTHER DOWN ROAD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD & LIFTED HOOD. NOTICED COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT. ALSO, HOSE TO RADIATOR WAS DISCONNECTED. CLAMP STILL ON HOSE & WAS CRACKED. *AK

Jul 2, 1998 Engine And Engine Cooling

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED SMOKE, MORE SMOKE FURTHER DOWN ROAD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD & LIFTED HOOD. NOTICED COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT. ALSO, HOSE TO RADIATOR WAS DISCONNECTED. CLAMP STILL ON HOSE & WAS CRACKED. *AK