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MPG: /
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Black
Mileage: 160,000
Year: 1999
Ownership Cost for 1999 BMW 5 Series 540i
Estimated: $52255 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$4466
$2144
$1876
$1697
$1519
$11702
Insurance
$1623
$1679
$1738
$1799
$1862
$8701
Fuel
$2053
$2114
$2188
$2276
$2378
$11009
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1702
$2184
$2291
$11852
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1711
$1711
$1711
$1711
$1711
$2534
Total Ownership Costs
$13592
$10182
$9050
$9532
$9898
$52255
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4398.2879776
Displacement CI: 268.4
Displacement L: 4.398
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 282
Engine KW: 210.2874
Engine Manufacturer: BMW-AG
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 540i
Model Year: 1999
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Depowered Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Plant City: Dingolfing
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 5 Series
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1995
SEATS
THE DRIVERS SEAT RAIL FRAME BECOMES LOOSE DUE TO ELONGATED BOLT HOLES, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SEAT ROCKS DURING NORMAL USE. SEEMS THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM SHOULD THE VEHICLE BE IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
1999
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
AT APPROXIMATELY 75K MILES THE BOSCH ABS/TRACTION CONTROL UNIT FAILED ON MY 1999 BMW 540I. A DIAGNOSIS FROM THE DEALER CONFIRMED THIS TO BE TRUE. A NEW UNIT WAS INSTALLED AT THE APPROX COST OF $600. WHAT IS TROUBLING IS THAT EVERY OWNER OF A BMW 5-SERIES FROM 1999-2000 SEEMS TO HAVE HAD THIS PART FAIL ON THEM. ACTUALLY, I HAVE YET TO MEET OWNER WHO STILL HAS THEIR ORIGINAL PART. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA WAS LESS THAN HELPFUL AND DENIED A WARRANTY CLAIM (CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY) AND DID NOT FEEL THAT THIS INTEGRAL CONTROL UNIT SHOULD BE RECALLED DESPITE STATISTICS THAT SHOW OTHERWISE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THIS FAILURE LEAVES THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS SUDDENLY INOPERATIVE. *TR
