1998 BMW M Roadster
Safety Score
97
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
19
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 BMW M Roadster.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I DID A QUICK SEARCH OF THE NHTSA DATABASE AND HAVE FOUND APPROX. 60 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT SAFETY ISSUE. I'M QUIT… |
| 2009-12-23 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | RATTLING NOISE FROM BACK OF VEHICLE. LOCAL SHOP REPLACED WORN EXHAUST BRACKET; DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. SHOP LOOKED MORE … |
| 2008-07-10 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | MY 1998 BMW M ROADSTER, WITH UNDER 71,000 MILES, IS SHOWING SIGNS OF REAR SUBFRAME FAILURE. I AM AWARE THAT THIS HAS HA… |
| 2008-01-28 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | MY BMW M ROADSTER HAS SUSTAINED A MASSIVE CHASSIS AND SUBFRAME FAILURE MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND INOPERABLE. … |
| 2007-12-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | 2 MONTHS AGO MY EXHAUST SYSTEM DROPPED ON MY CAR, AND WAS RUBBING ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. I TOOK IT INTO A SHOP, AND … |
| 2007-02-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 BMW M ROADSTER. THE SUBFRAME IS STARTING TO RUPTURE (TEAR) AND WELDS IN THE TRUNK ARE BREAKING. IF THIS … |
| 2006-12-25 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I READ ABOUT THE REAR SUBFRAME TEARING OFF OF BMW Z3S AND M ROADSTERS AND DECIDED TO HAVE A LOOK AT MINE. FOUND THE WEL… |
| 2006-04-23 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 BMW M ROADSTER WITH 101,000 MILES ON IT. THE REAR OF THE CAR HAS MANY CRACKS IN THE REAR SUBFRAME AND TRU… |
| 2005-10-04 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TEAR IN SUBFRAME OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL SUPPORT. *JB |
| 2005-09-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | (1)I NOTICED THERE WERE CREAKS COMING FROM THE TRUNK. I SAW FIVE SPOT WELDS PULLED THROUGH THE SHEET METAL FROM THE MI… |
| 2005-09-07 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CAR IS A 1998 BMW M ROADSTER. SPOT WELDS ATTACHING THE SUBFRAME AND DIFFERENTIAL MOUNTS TO THE CAR ARE SEPARATING, CAUS… |
| 2005-06-05 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | 1998 BMW M ROADSTER REAR SUB-FRAME FAILURE (1) NORMAL DRIVING (NON-RACING) LED TO A TORN REAR DIFFERENTIAL MOUNT AND S… |
| 2004-09-19 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE CHASSIS IS DEFECTIVE. THERE ARE CRACKS, PULLED SPOTWELDS AND SEPARATION (DELAMINATION) OF UNIBODY IN THE TRUNK AREA… |
| 2004-08-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | 1) DRIVING, SUB-FRAME WELD SEPARATION (SEAM AND SPOT WELDS) AND DIFFERENTIAL MOUNT CRACK. 3) ONE FAILED ATTEMPT AT RE-… |
| 2004-07-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. IT ONLY STOPPED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COLLIDED I… |
| 2004-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | IN REGARD TO ALL MODEL YEAR Z3 BMW AUTOMOBILES. LATELY, INCLUDING WITH MY CAR, BMW Z3'S AS WELL AS ///M ROADSTERS AND … |
| 2002-05-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | REAR SUBFRAME WELD FAILURE ALLOWING THE DIFFERENTIAL TO DROP TO THE POINT THAT THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT IN ARE THE HAL… |
| 1901-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE AIR BAG IN THE PASSENGER SIDE IN HIS 1998 BMW M ROADSTER BE DISCONNECTED FOR THE SAFETY OF HI… |
| — | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CROSS MEMBER OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BROKE. *AK |