Manufacturer: BMW MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: 318i
Model Year: 1996
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Plant City: Greer
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: South Carolina
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 3 Series
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1986
STRUCTURE
10 YEARS AGO CONSUMERS CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THEY WERE HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE THEY WERE DRIVING SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ON AN ICY BRIDGE, THE IMPACT CUT THE VEHICLE INTO TWO PIECES (POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM), THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NLM
1996
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
CAR SITTING IN DRIVE AT A FENCE ENCLOSURE AND IT SURGED AHEAD ON ITS OWN, DRIVING INTO THE FENCE. NO ACTION POSSIBLE TO STOP THE CAR FROM GOING FORWARD INTO THE ELECTRONIC FENCE. SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT GRILL AND DRIVER DOOR PANELS. SECOND TIME THE CAR HAD DONE THIS. DEALERSHIP STATED THE BRAKES HAD SEIZED ALSO, AND WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED THE CAR ANYWAYS.