We found the following complaints for BMW 525I (2003)
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Takata recall. The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact stated that while starting the ignition the air bag warning light illuminated until the engine was turned off. The failure recurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v428000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. While driving approximately 60 mph, the front and rear air bags on the driver side suddenly deployed. The contact noticed that the hazard lights blinked and the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel after the failure. The contact pulled over and shut the vehicle off. The driver sustained injuries. A police report was made. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer but the failure could not be diagnosed. The failure mileage was approximately 58,000 and the current mileage is approximately 59,000. Updated evoq 01/04/11 updated 01/14/11the police report refused the consumers request for an accident report as the officer stated there was no damage to the consumers vehicle. Updated 04/19/11
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available.the contact was not experiencing a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available. Updated 05/11/16*lj
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. While driving 40 mph, the driver veered and crashed into a curb. The driver side air bags failed to deploy, the passenger side door air bag deployed, but the passenger side head liner air bag did not fully deploy. The air bag warning light illuminated. There were no injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the air bags needed to be replaced. The vehicle wasnot repaired. In addition, the vehicle was inspected by an engineer from the manufacturer who stated that the air bags worked as intended. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000. Updated 12/03/15*lj
Passenger seat air bag sensor failure, sensor in seat needs to be replaced or air bag will not function.
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
The contact owns a 2003 bmw 525i. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Upon turning on the manufacturer installed drivers seat heater, the drivers seat heater shorted out causing extreme heat and smoke to rise from the left side of the seat.although this did not cause a fire, it was extremely close to causing a fire.the heater was turned off, and the smoke and heat subsided.there was a significant electrical burning smell.contacted a bmw mechanic who stated that this was a common occurrence and a known issue with bmw.he cited a case which caused a customers leather seat to burn and also burned his sports coat.the mechanic stated that this problem happens overtime do to the breakdown of the wiring which is caused by the driver getting into and out of the vehicle. Over time, the wires rub bare causing the deterioration of the wiring and the insulation.the wiring in turn builds resistance with the in ability of the electricity topass through the damage wiring, which causes the excessive heat.
I was driving along the freeway when all of a sudden my car engine started to run very rough and the service engine light came on.my car have to be towed to the bmw dealership and i was told the all of the ignition coils have to be replaced.my car then had only 29k+ miles.
I was driving on the freeway and turned the seat heater on.after about 5 minutes into my drive, i started to smell smoke and then saw smoke in the car.i pulled over and saw that the seat was catching on fire.i turned the seat heater off and doused the fire with water.
I was driving and antitheft system went off while driving.then wiper failed to work.i was told by dealer mechanic that the body control module was failing and advised not to drive the car because the antitheft system may cause the car to stop and the wiper system will stop when raining causing multiple accidents.
2003 bmw 525i died twice leaving the consumer stranded.***no answer required***.*mrthe ignition coils failed on the vehicle.the consumer stated the vehicle made a terrible noise when it was first started, the dealer replaced numerous parts, but to no avail.
Repeated ignition coil failure on my 2003 bmw 525i series. The dealers has attempted to repair pair this same problem four times. I question the safety of this vehicle.
2003 bmw 525i died twice leaving the consumer stranded.***no answer required***.*mrthe ignition coils failed on the vehicle.the consumer stated the vehicle made a terrible noise when it was first started, the dealer replaced numerous parts, but to no avail.
Upon turning on the manufacturer installed drivers seat heater, the drivers seat heater shorted out causing extreme heat and smoke to rise from the left side of the seat.although this did not cause a fire, it was extremely close to causing a fire.the heater was turned off, and the smoke and heat subsided.there was a significant electrical burning smell.contacted a bmw mechanic who stated that this was a common occurrence and a known issue with bmw.he cited a case which caused a customers leather seat to burn and also burned his sports coat.the mechanic stated that this problem happens overtime do to the breakdown of the wiring which is caused by the driver getting into and out of the vehicle. Over time, the wires rub bare causing the deterioration of the wiring and the insulation.the wiring in turn builds resistance with the in ability of the electricity topass through the damage wiring, which causes the excessive heat.
I have a complete failure of the passenger(right) side tail light assembly on our 2003 bmw 525i.the tail light is connected to a wiring harness via a connector. One of the connector pins has been overheated by the electrical current and has been burnt to a crisp.this exact problem has forced bmw to do a recall in 2011 on the 3-series of automobiles and yet they have ignored the safety of series-5 owners and have yet to issue a recall for this highly dangerous component failure. This failure causes the driver into believing that they have working turn signals when in actuality they do not.the vehicle still provides the sounds and sights of a directional being used, however, the lighting system is dead.
Bought car new in april of 2001.since that time, driver side headlight (low beam) has burned out 3 times.do not know if this is a safety defect or not, but thought i would report it just in case.
2003 bmw 525i.consumer writes in regards to potential fire in tail light assembly.the consumer stated the vehicle failed inspection, due to a faulty left tail light. The light was repaired. However, the entire tail light assembly/housing had to be replaced, rather than just replacing a bulb.the mechanic explained to the consumer that a connector has melted onto the tail light assembly and the wiring was damaged.
2003 525i bmw front passenger door jammed in "double lock."this condition occurred without user involvement and could have left the passenger with no means of a quick exit in the event of an accident or other event requiring a quick exit.only means of egress was to crawl thought the window or over drivers seat.there is no way to mechanically overcome the problem, i.e., no key on any doors except driver's.
The contact owns a 2003bmw 525i. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle check transmission failsafe message illuminated. The contact stated that the transmission became stuck in third gear and decelerated until it stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who advised that they would contact him at a later date. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 100,825.
The seat belt warning chime has a malfunction, that results in the chime remaining on even if the seat belt has been fastened.this is caused by a programming issue when vehicle was manufactured and cannot be fix, per dealership.
On 8 march 2005 at approximately 3:20pm, [xxx] (spouse) and [xxx] (4 year old child) were heading westbound on grand river ave. In novi michigan.[xxx] was secured in a graco booster seat in the subject vehicle in the rear passenger side.the graco booster seat was tethered to the rear bench seat per manufacturers instructions while [xxx] was held in the booster seat by bmw's shoulder restraint belt and secured into the oem latch.upon turning southbound onto taft road, the subject 525i bmw [xxx] was struck in the rear passenger side by a eastbound (grand river ave.) vehicle.the collision resulted in [xxx] becoming a projectile in the vehicle because the oem shoulder belt latch and clasp gave way not holding the child in the booster seat.the booster seat was still secured to the bmw rear bench seat. [xxx] did confirm that upon initially securing [xxx] at the inception on the trip, she had latched the shoulder belt across [xxx] and the booster seat and tugged upon it as a force of habit to insure a proper latching action.information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Upon turning on the manufacturer installed drivers seat heater, the drivers seat heater shorted out causing extreme heat and smoke to rise from the left side of the seat.although this did not cause a fire, it was extremely close to causing a fire.the heater was turned off, and the smoke and heat subsided.there was a significant electrical burning smell.contacted a bmw mechanic who stated that this was a common occurrence and a known issue with bmw.he cited a case which caused a customers leather seat to burn and also burned his sports coat.the mechanic stated that this problem happens overtime do to the breakdown of the wiring which is caused by the driver getting into and out of the vehicle. Over time, the wires rub bare causing the deterioration of the wiring and the insulation.the wiring in turn builds resistance with the in ability of the electricity topass through the damage wiring, which causes the excessive heat.
Driver seat andpassengerpower motor of seat not working,and can i askingif i buy this car from dealer used car,this carhave 5 recall,,the dealer don't tell me about the car have recall, that illegal or legal , if illegal with customer,where and what the offices can i do complain report this dealer,,thanks
I was driving on the freeway and turned the seat heater on.after about 5 minutes into my drive, i started to smell smoke and then saw smoke in the car.i pulled over and saw that the seat was catching on fire.i turned the seat heater off and doused the fire with water.
Began to hear a "clicking noise" under front end of vehicle.upon investigation, bmw service department determined rmfd hydro steering box defective and replaced it.service department stated noise would get worse if not replaced but couldn't advise me as to safety issue.vehicle meticulously maintained with under 40,000 miles. Contacted bmw via email with no response.
2003 bmw 525i 11 months ago brought in due to water and mold in rear floor dealer found mold, door panels crumbling from water and claimed needed to replace vapor barriers. Wanted to charge me $4,000 or so i fought and bmw furnished parts i paid labor over 1200.00 when asked they claim never saw problem in past, and was due to poor adhesive on vapor barriers, now 2 weeks ago same problem.my wife has been having medical problems as well as i and they are due to toxic mold syndrome.dealer refuses to admit this is a major problem thru all model and years which i have researched and confirmed they demanded the loaner car back and now the rental car, they want my vehicle off their lot obviously, i simply wanted a written confirmation that their is no mold and they refuse, an investigator from bmw was there and head office claims his report will not reach them for 2 weeks... I now have lung issues as does my wife along with 8 syptoms documented since 2005 fromphysicians confirming toxic mold exposure and syndrome.the dealer and bmw refuse to admit and responsiblitiy or knowledge of this problem however looking on internet it is widespread, not even an apology.i have contact the epa and media to expose there total lack of ethics, honest and concern for the health of consumers.
While changing the tire on my 2003 bmw 525 car jack slipped out causing car to drop on my arm, breaking my arm.i believe the car jack for this car is poorly designed
While shifting gears from first to second, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle by engaging the emergency brake. The consumer pulled over to the shoulder and noticed that the gas pedal was stuck.consumer was able to release the pedal.the vehicle was towed to the dealer and it took 5 days for them to replace the broken pedal.
Module fails that controls windshield wipers.if raining, there would be no visiblity and would result in an accdent.this happened when the car was moving.
I was helping a passenger out of the passenger seat of my 2003 bmw 525i when the passenger accidently bumped the the auto-up window button. The door was open, the window was down, and i had finger in the way of the now closing window. All off a sudden the window chopped off a digit of my pinky finger. My finger was not recognized by the pinch protection safety feature.how this could have been prevented: if auto-up feature was deactivated when door is open, button to open close window could be designed so you have to pull up to close window, pinch-protection system that protects fingers, and perhaps a warning sign on the window that it is capable of cutting off fingers.
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