We found the following complaints for BMW 740I (1999)
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I was driving home from work approximately 3am in the morning and i was getting close to my turn and i was slowing down and i hit a pot hole.. And all of a sudden my driver side airbags deploy almost cause me to wreck my car...
The vehicle hit a tree, and the air bags failed to deploy.
Consumer hit a tree, and the airbags failed to deploy.
Traction control, brake and abs light are all indicating failure. Dealer is unable to determine cause. Brakes appear to work ok but warning lights cause concern. *nlm
Bmw e38 have a high tendency for the guides for the camshaft chain (s) to fracture and come apart. This leads to plastic pieces to cause catastrophic failure, plastic and metal shavings to be observed in the lower oil pan as well as jump in timing for the owner who has to either pay$$$ or junk the car. The should have at least utilized carbon fiber guides. Many of these failures occur even before 125k.. I find it incomprehensible that someone who pays 70k for this vehicle to have to endure spending another 5-6k to get the car running again. Just look at youtube.com and you will see what i am referring to. Wish i'd bought a used ford.
Dt: the contact states there is a nhtsa recall campaign 99v005000 concerning automatic transmission. This vehicle is experiencingthe sameproblemsas indicated in the recall, but it is not included in the recall due tovin.the contact will repair the vehicle at his own expense. Also, he experiencedtransmissionproblems previously. The dealer repaired a leak in the transmission under warranty.
The contact owns a 1999 bmw 740i. While driving approximately 35 mph slight pressure was applied to the brake pedal and the brakes momentarily locked.the air bag light then began to illuminate on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where he was informed that the brakes needed to be flushed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure has since recurred intermittently. The failure mileage was 78,500 and the current mileage was 79,900.
Traction control, brake and abs light are all indicating failure. Dealer is unable to determine cause. Brakes appear to work ok but warning lights cause concern. *nlm
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