| Issue ID | 575552 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10147653 |
| Manufacurer | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| Brand | BMW |
| Model | M3 |
| Model Year | 2003 |
| File date | 24/09/05 |
| Component | TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYST |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Months after the purchase of the vehicle, the tire indicator light (to indicate a flat tire has been spontaneously coming on. Bmw has not been able to find a reason for this, but they continuously reset the light only for it to go off again at a later date. The tires have been loosing air at times. This resulted in a double rear tire blow out on the ca i-405 at 80 mph which put me at risk and damaged my car. When the indicator light went off that day i thought it was just another failure and thought i had time to pull off in a safe place to look over the car. I was wrong. This has cost me time and money as i have had to re-arrange my schedule a significant amount of times, and cancel patients. This problem has been occurring for a little over a year while i have had the car. The 405 incident was in sept of 2005 but the problem dates back to much earlier but an exact date is unknown at this time but could be determined. *jb |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | |
| Number of Occurences | 6 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | COSTA MESA, CA |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 22/08/03 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | Y |
| Cruise control | N |
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| DoT tire identifier | |
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| Location of tire code | |
| Type of tire failure code | |
| Was defective tire repaired? | |
| Date of manufacture | |
| Type of child seat code | |
| Type of restraint | |
| Dealer's name | IRIVINE BMW |
| Dealer's telephone number | 9493804860 |
| Dealer's city | IRVINE |
| Dealer's state code | CA |
| Dealer's ZIP code | 92618 |