WBAGH8341YDP1**** BMW 740iL 2000
- VIN: WBAGH8341YDP1****
- WMI/VDS/VIS: WBA GH8341 YDP11549
- Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver and Passenger)
- Bed Type: Not Applicable
- Body Cab Type: Not Applicable
- Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
- Bus Floor Config Type: Not Applicable
- Bus Type: Not Applicable
- Custom Motorcycle Type: Not Applicable
- Displacement CC: 4398.2879776
- Displacement CI: 268.4
- Displacement L: 4.40
- Doors: 4
- Engine Cylinders: 8
- Engine HP: 282
- Engine Manufacturer: BMW-AG
- Error Text: 0 - VIN decoded clean. Check Digit (9th position) is correct
- Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
- Make: BMW
- Make ID: 452
- Manufacturer: BMW AG
- Manufacturer Id: 966
- Model: 740iL
- Model ID: 9452
- Model Year: 2000
- Motorcycle Chassis Type: Not Applicable
- Motorcycle Suspension Type: Not Applicable
- Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Dual-Stage Advanced Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
- Plant City: DINGOLFING
- Plant Country: GERMANY
- Seat Belts All: Manual
- Series: 7-Series
- Trailer Body Type: Not Applicable
- Trailer Type: Not Applicable
- Vehicle Descriptor: WBAGH834*YD
- Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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2000 BMW 740iL (WBAGH8341YDP11549) Auction Records
- Autocheck Records: 24
- Carfax Records: 29
Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
1995 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | PASSENGER'S FINGER WAS NEARLY SEVERED WHEN CAUGHT IN THE RISING GLASS AND THE DOOR FRAME. |
2000 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER | TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASING A 2000 BMW 740IL WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT FROM A FRIEND, I LEFT MY DRIVEWAY AND ACTIVATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEATED SEAT. AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS, I BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. MY WIFE WAS FOLLOWING IN ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PULLED ALONG SIDE ME. I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND WIFE SAID "THERE IS SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE WINDOW!". I TURNED OFF THE SEAT AND OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED AT THE SEAT. THERE WAS A BURNT SPOT APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A DIME HIGH ON THE OUTBOARD BOLSTER OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I TOUCHED THE SPOT AND IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH. MY ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS STRAPPED IN HER CAR SEAT IN THE BACK. BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE, I UNLOCKED ALL THE DOORS IN CASE I HAD TO GO AROUND AND PULL HER FROM THE CAR. AFTER TURNING OFF THE SEAT, THE FIRE STOPPED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON SEVERAL BMW E38 WEBSITES AND HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS OCCURRENCE. ONE INDIVIDUAL SAID THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN SENT TO BMW DEALERS TO ALERT THEM OF THIS PROBLEM IN SEVERAL LINES OF BMW CARS, INCLUDING SOME NEWER MODELS. FORTUNATELY, I HAD NOT YET UTILIZED THE AUXILIARY CLIMATE CONTROL TIMER FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS THE OWNER TO HAVE THE CAR TURN ON IT'S HEATED SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL AT A PRE-SET TIME BEFORE THE OWNER ENTERS THE CAR. SEEING HOW QUICKLY THE SEAT CAUGHT FIRE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF THIS FUNCTION HAD BEEN USED, IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC VEHICLE FIRE THAT COULD HAVE CONSUMED THE SEAT, SINCE PRESUMABLY THE OWNER WOULD BE INSIDE THE HOME OR OFFICE AND COULD NOT WITNESS THE FIRE. *JB |