Recall Register

1988 BMW 735: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1988 BMW 735. The newest campaign is 90V016000. NHTSA received the report on 30 Jan 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Buckle Assembly. NHTSA has 7 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name 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, 90V016000, in the NHTSA record

Replace front seat safety belt buckles with shorter version that will not contact the armrests. Note: owner notification date; 2/90 is prepared in draft form.
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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. 70,187 units in total.

  1. 90V016000Received . 62,000 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Buckle Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Under certain conditions, front seat center, fold-down arm rest may contact the safety belt buckle, causing damage to the release button and preventing the belt tongue from latching when buckling up.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Occupant would not be properly restrained and could be injured in the event of a sudden stop or accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace front seat safety belt buckles with shorter version that will not contact the armrests. Note: owner notification date; 2/90 is prepared in draft form.

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

  2. 88V135000Received . 8,187 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The driver and/or passenger seatbacks may not have been fully attached to the seat base reclining arms (attaching brackets).
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    There may be looseness of, or noise in, the seatback;also, during a severe rear impact, seatback might not support the occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Manually seat the seatback on the base.

    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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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

7 complaints, 8 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.

1988 BMW 735: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Vehicle Speed Control3
Air Bags2
Steering1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Tires1
Complaints that report a crash
3
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
23 Sep 2000

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 1988 BMW 735, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 2 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 BMW 735
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA92017Engineering analysisHEATER CORE FAILUREVisibility / Defroster/Defogger/HVAC System2 Jun 199230 Mar 199393V015000
PE91151Preliminary evaluationSTEERING LOCK-UPSSteering6 Dec 199130 Apr 1992

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. 19851
  2. 19861
  3. 19871
  4. 19882
  5. 19892
  6. 19902
  7. 19912
  8. 19921
  9. 19931
  10. 19970
  11. 19980

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 BMW 735: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/735/1988/. 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
30 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 1988 BMW 735?
70,187 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 735 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the BMW 735, model years 1985 to 1998. 2 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 BMW 735 name most often?
Vehicle Speed Control: 3 of 8 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 BMW 735 open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.