10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
39,333 miles

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problem #3

Feb 042010

525

  • 90,000 miles
BMW 530I 2003. Driver door will not unlock, either electronically or manually. Door lock actuator failure. No manual override. Forced to crawl over console and exit from another door.

- Appleton, WI, USA

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problem #2

Dec 242008

525

  • miles
2003 525I BMW front passenger door jammed in "double lock." This condition occurred without user involvement and could have left the passenger with no means of a quick exit in the event of an accident or other event requiring a quick exit. Only means of egress was to crawl thought the window or over drivers seat. There is no way to mechanically overcome the problem, I.e., no key on any doors except driver's.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

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problem #1

Nov 092004

525 8-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 28,000 miles
My 2003 BMW 5 series car was stopped in traffic and rear-ended. The collision pushed the contents of the trunk into the back seat area by breaking the latches that hold the fold-down seats. Anyone in the back seat would have been pushed forward by the seat backs, and simultaneously held in place by the seatbelts.

- Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

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