GVWR: Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)
GVW R_to: Class 1: 6,000 lb or less (2,722 kg or less)
Make: BMW
Make ID: 452
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 530i
Model ID: 2585
Model Year: 2004
Motorcycle Chassis Type: Not Applicable
Motorcycle Suspension Type: Not Applicable
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Dual-stage Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Certified to the Advanced Airbag Requirements of FMVSS 208
Plant City: DINGOLFING
Plant Country: GERMANY
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 5-Series
Trailer Body Type: Not Applicable
Trailer Type: Not Applicable
Vehicle Descriptor: WBANA735*4B
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I ([XXX]) AM FILING A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF MY MOM ([XXX]) WHO OWNS THE 2007 BMW 530I IN QUESTION (VIN #: [XXX]). ENGLISH IS NOT HER PRIMARY LANGUAGE. ACCORDING TO MY MOMїS ACCOUNT, ON 11/10/2009 SHE PULLED HER CAR INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WAITED FOR THE GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN. BUT AS SHE LET GO OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT HER INTENTION. SHE TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE CARїS MOTOR WAS JUST TOO POWERFUL TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE INTO AND ALMOST THROUGH THE GARAGE WALL. WE REPORTED TO BMW OF NORTH AMERICA AND ASKED THEM AT THE TIME WEATHER UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION AND OR SOME PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONICS GOVERNING THE CARїS ACCELERATOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT AND THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE, TESTED IT, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE VEHICLEїS DIAGNOSIS RETURNED NO SUCH ERROR. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WITH DRIVE BY WIRE TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS GOVERNING THE CAR, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME SOFT OF A SHORT-CIRCUITING OR PROBLEMS WITH IT. THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD FIND WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS MY MOMїS FAULT AND THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE MISTAKENLY PUSHED THE WRONG PEDAL, WHICH MY MOM VIVIDLY REMEMBERS SHE DID NOT BECAUSE ONCE THE CAR ACCELERATED SHE QUICKLY TRY TO PUSH THE BRAKES, WHICH WERE OVERPOWERED BY THE CAR. OUR INSURANCE HAD TO PICK UP THE BILL. I UNDERSTAND THAT BMW WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO ADMIT FAULT IMMEDIATELY AND IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM CANNOT DETECT SUCH PROBLEMS. A PROFESSOR AT SHOWED ON ABC NEWS THAT THE TOYOTAS SYSTEM CANNOT DETECT THE PROBLEM (SEE VIDEO FROM THIS WEB LINK: HTTP://WWW.EGMCARTECH.COM/2010/02/23/EXPERT-TELLS-ABC-NEWS-ELECTRONIC-FLAW-RESULTS-IN-SUDDEN-ACCELERATION-IN-TOYOTAS/). BUT IN LIGHT OF THE ISSUES WITH TOYOTA, WE WANTED TO REPORT THIS ACCIDENT AND PLACE A RECORD THAT THE 2007 BMW 530I MIGHT HAVE AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM. *TR
2004
SEATS
ON FEB 8/9, 2011,MY WIFE WAS COMING BACK FROM WORK IN 2004 BMW 530 WHEN SHE SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND A TINGED ON HER LEG, SHE GOT OUT FROM THE CAR AND SAW A SMOKE AND A BURNING MARK ON THE DRIVER SEAT. I CALLED THE BMW ON 2-10-2011, AND TALKED TO THE REP ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE. THE REP TOLD ME THAT I WILL CALL BACK IN 3/5 DAYS BUT CALLED ME BACK AFTER 4 WEEK AND REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.I TOLD THE REP THAT BMW IS A REPUTABLE COMPANY, AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT, AND I WILL REPORT TO THE SAFETY DEPT AS SOMEBODY COULD GET HURT. *TR
