Recall Register

1999 BMW 540IA: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1999 BMW 540IA. The newest campaign is 99V005000. NHTSA received the report on 4 Jan 1999. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Automatic Transmission. NHTSA has 10 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 99V005000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the automatic transmission.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,864 units in total.

  1. 99V005000Received . 249 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with a 5hp24 automatic transmission. Premature wear of the ring gear can occur, leading to the loss of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and reverse gears.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If this problem occurs, the car may no longer operate in reverse, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd gears.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the automatic transmission.

    Report filed by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 99V004000Received . 1,615 units.

    Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery / Cables

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The thickness of the main positive electrical cable (generator to starter) insulation is less than specified, making it susceptible to being abraded or cut by the clip that secures the cable to the generator.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The cable insulation can be worn away, exposing the wire. The wire could contact the clip or a short circuit could occur.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will apply a thickness of insulating tape to the cable in the area of the clip, and install a revised clip.

    Report filed by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

10 complaints, 11 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1999 BMW 540IA: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling6
Power Train2
Exterior Lighting1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Equipment1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
20 Sep 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1999 BMW 540IA, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, with 3 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19891
  2. 19901
  3. 19911
  4. 19921
  5. 19931
  6. 19941
  7. 19951
  8. 19970
  9. 19981
  10. 19992
  11. 20000
  12. 20013
  13. 20021

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1999 BMW 540IA: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/540ia/1999/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1999 BMW 540IA?
1,864 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the BMW 540IA have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the BMW 540IA, model years 1989 to 2002. 2 of them name the 1999 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1999 BMW 540IA name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 6 of 11 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 BMW 540IA open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.