This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2003 BMW Z4. After he replaced the battery, the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. He took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection. The technician stated that since his vehicle identification number was excluded from recall #08V384000 ( air bags: Frontal), he would have to pay $1,500 for the repair. No repairs were made. The manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was provided. The current and failure mileages were 100,000.
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- Hughesville, MD, USA