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 MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: Z3
Model ID: 5239
Model Year: 1997
Motorcycle Chassis Type: Not Applicable
Motorcycle Suspension Type: Not Applicable
Note: US Assembly
Other Restraint System Info: Driver & Passenger Supp. System (SRS)
Plant City: GREER
Plant Country: UNITED STATES (USA)
Plant State: SOUTH CAROLINA
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 1.9
Trailer Body Type: Not Applicable
Trailer Type: Not Applicable
Vehicle Descriptor: 4USCH732*VL
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
1997 BMW Z3 (4USCH7321VLB79051) Auction Records
Autocheck Records: 53
Carfax Records: 46
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
STEERING
THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING IS NOISY. *SCC
1997
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
AFTER VEHICLE WAS VACUUMED IT WOULD NOT START; THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND THE DRIVER TURNED THE KEY AGAIN TO START IT, AND A PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DRIVER QUICKLY TRIED TO TURN THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION,THEN THE LIGHTS DIMMED. THE KEY BECAME IMMOVABLE IN THE START POSITION, AND SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR FROM ALL THE VENTS. STUNNED, THE DRIVER OPENED THE DOOR TO RUN FROM THE VEHICLE, BUT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND KNOCKED THE DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS. THE DRIVER WAS PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AND REVIVED IN TIME TO GET THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTED. EMS ATTENDED TO THE DRIVER'S INJURIES.
