2003 BMW 525I Complaints

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.*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

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. *AK

AFTER THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, THE TREAD WORE OUT. A BMW HOT LINE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIRES SHOULDN'T BE ROTATED BECAUSE TREAD WEAR WILL OCCUR. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT LISTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. *AK THERE WAS EXCESSIVE TIRE NOISE. *SC *JB

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.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND IT TOOK 5 DAYS FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE BROKEN PEDAL. *JB

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.*AK

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.

MY COMPLAINT IS THE NEW XENON HEADLIGHTS ON AUTOMOBILES. THE ARE SO BRIGHT THAT I AM CONTINUALLY BLINDED BY ONCOMING VEHICLES HAVING THEM. THERE IS REALLY NO NEED FOR SUCH OVERLY BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE HAZARD THEY POSE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF THESE LIGHTS.