NHTSA Complaint #10024731 — 2002 BMW 525I

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE A CERTAIN SPEED IN ORDER FOR THE AJAR INDICATOR LIGHT OR THE ALARM SOUND TO COME ON, TO LET THE CONSUMER KNOW THE DOOR OR TRUNK WAS OPEN. THERE WAS ALSO NO WARNING CHIME TO LET THE DRIVER KNOW THAT OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE RELEASED THE SEAT BELTS. *AK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO VEHICLE LENGTHS BEFORE THE GONG SOUNDS, THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS INOPERATIVE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE SHOWED A HALF A TANK, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING THAT HAD COME FROM THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE JUMPED BETWEEN GEAR(1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND WOULD JERK), THE REMOTE KEY WOULDN'T WORK, THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WOULD NOT EXTEND, THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT WOULDN'T START, THE VEHICLE ALARM WAS TOO SENSITIVE, AND THE RIGHT REAR DOOR'S FULL SHADE DID NOT RETRACT. *SCC THE FUSE IN THE GLOVE BOX WAS LOOSE. *JB