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BMW 525IT

Every BMW 525IT model year on file, 1992 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years51992 to 2001

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins19Summed across model years

By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Airbags leads the BMW 525IT complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 525IT model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW 525IT by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	12
1995	Wagon	1	0.0	13	1	1
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	2
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	2
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 525IT

03V-421 Oct 24, 2003
On certain passenger vehicles, a microprocessor in the air bag control module, which activates the front air bags, the side air bags, the front…
Airbags · 23k vehicles
02V-138 May 16, 2002
On certain passenger vehicles, the engine auxiliary/cooling fan operation, including variable speed, is electronically controlled
Engine and cooling · 1,550 vehicles
01V-206 Jun 21, 2001
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Engine and cooling · 76k vehicles
97V-131 Aug 19, 1997
Cruise control and throttle cables are attached to the same throttle valve actuating lever at the throttle housing
Speed control · 410k vehicles
96V-111 Jul 1, 1996
Brake light switch can fail allowing the switch to remain in the "brake lights off" position or in the "brake lights on" position
Lighting · 180k vehicles
96V-110 Jul 1, 1996
Air bag contact ring locking tab located in the steering wheel assembly can break without warning
Airbags · 75k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.