Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 BMW 525i.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ON DEC.2 MY 2004 BMW 525I WAS SITTING OUTSIDE MY HOUSE WHEN IT COUGHT ON FIRE AT THE FUSE PANEL IN THE TRUNK ON THE RIG… |
| 2018-05-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 BMW 525I. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, A NEIGHBOR NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE … |
| 2017-07-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MICRO POWER MODULE (MPM) STARTED SMOKING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ERRATIC ENGINE RPM, AND CAUSING SMOKE INSIDE CABIN AND … |
| 2017-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING APPEARS EACH TIME WE GET INTO THE VEHICLE AND START THE IGNITION. AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT… |
| 2017-01-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I REALLY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. MY SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE SEAT HEATER KEEPS TURNING ON AND OCCAS… |
| 2017-01-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | LITERALLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNING A VERY DEEP HOLE THROUGH TO THE FRONT OF T… |
| 2016-12-05 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM LIGHT ON,EFFECTING AIRBAG,BELT TENSIONER OR BELT FORCE LIMITER. CALLED BMW WAS TOLD VIN NUMB… |
| 2016-09-30 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK AND STARTED SMELLING SOMETHING BURNING. ALL ELECTRICAL WARNING LIGHTS STARTED LIGHTING… |
| 2016-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATE… |
| 2016-02-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A USE 2004 BMW 525I AND WITHIN 2 DAYS THE A MESSAGE CAME UP INDICATING PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG/SEAT BELT ISSU… |
| 2016-01-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I EXPERIENCED A ROUGH IDLE WHILE PARKED OR STOPPED AT LIGHT. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A VAC LEAK ASSOCIATED … |
| 2016-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 BMW 525I, MY RIGHT HIP STARTED BURNING. FOLLOWED BY AN ODOR. WHEN I PULLED THE CAR OVER, I LOOKED… |
| 2015-06-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THERE WERE NO ACCIDENT BUT IF THERE WERE AN ACCIDENT WE MAY NOT BE PROTECTED DUE TO THE AIRBAG DEFAULT MESSAGE IN MY CA… |
| 2015-05-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 BMW 525I AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND SEAT BELT SIGN CAME ON FEW WEEKS BACK. THE DEALER SAYS ITS NOT … |
| 2015-05-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL… |
| 2015-04-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BLEW UP IN THE GARAGE WITHOU… |
| 2015-04-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. TURNED OFF THE SEAT HEATER. THE SEAT FELT VERY HOT ON MY LOWER BAC… |
| 2015-03-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I OWN BMW 525I 2004 SINCE 2004. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SIGN TURN ON IN 2010 AND I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY REFU… |
| 2015-02-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM, FAULT IN PASSENGER RESTRA… |
| 2014-12-05 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE WITH THE DECISIONS OF BMW UPON THIS CAR AND ITS HEADLIGHTS. ANY CAR OF THIS CHASSIS E60 FROM… |
| 2014-06-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIR BAG … |
| 2014-06-15 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BURNED, LEAVING A CHARRED HOLE IN THE LEATHER APPROX 1" X 5 " NEAR DRIVERS LEFT HIP AREA ON SEAT BACK, M… |
| 2014-06-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE "PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAULT" MESSAGE… |
| 2014-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON A BMW 525I 2004. NO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, PERPENDICULAR TO T… |
| 2014-03-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | OUR CARS BRAKES FAILED AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP WE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND SENSORS AND TESTED THE CAR AND IT D… |
| 2014-03-05 | SEATS | No | 0 | I STARTED MY CAR AND TURNED THE SEAT HEATER ON LOW. APPROX 5 MINS LATER, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DASH BECAUSE … |
| 2014-02-09 | SEATS | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN SMELL AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR, I PARK THE CAR AND CHECK, MY SEAT WAS BUR… |
| 2014-01-19 | SEATS | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A BURNING ODOR WAS EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT AS… |
| 2013-12-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | OBD WARNING , FAULT WITH PASSENGER SIDE RESTRAINT , PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS OFF , POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH BELT TENSION… |
| 2013-12-12 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A BURNING ODOR WAS EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEATED … |
| 2013-11-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASS. RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAULT IN PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM AFFECTING AIRBAG, BELT TENSIONER, OR BELT-FORCE LIMITER. … |
| 2013-08-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTE… |
| 2013-08-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE IS A COMPONENT CALLED MPM(MICRO POWER MODULE) BENEATH THE SPARE TIRE AND IS COMPLETELY BURNT DUE TO SOME WATER IN… |
| 2013-02-10 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT WAS TURNED ON AND IT BECAME VERY HOT, BURNED A HOLE IN THE SEAT AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. *TR |
| 2013-01-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ARE ON IN CAR, BASED ON MY RESEARCH, I'VE FOUND THAT THIS IS MANUFACTURE FAULT, … |
| 2012-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, AN ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON … |
| 2012-08-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN JUNE 2012, I RECEIVED SERVICE FOR THE BATTERY CABLE RECALL FOR MY 2004 525I AT BEVERY HILLS BMW SERVICE CENTER. ONE … |
| 2012-05-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE RESTRAINT LIGHT CAME ON IN MY CAR AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE LIGHT WILL NOT RESET. I KNOW FOR A FACT THE DEALE… |
| 2012-05-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, TWO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON T… |
| 2012-05-11 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR |
| 2012-03-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DEALER IS TELLING ME A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. |
| 2012-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMIN… |
| 2012-02-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SINCE 2012, THE NIGHTMARES BEGIN WITH TRYING TO GET MY 525I SMOGGED, FROM WEBER BMW FRESNO UNDER A WHOOPING $500.00. EV… |
| 2012-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON … |
| 2012-01-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM, RIGHT HIGH BEAM MALFUNCTION. BMW DEALERSHIP DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHILE I REFERRED THEM… |
| 2011-12-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | MY PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I TRIED TO UNLOCK MY CAR ONLY THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS… |
| 2011-11-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WENT TO START CAR AFTER A 5 MINUTE DRIVE. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, NO SOUND, IGNITION NOT WORKING. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWE… |
| 2011-10-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT P… |
| 2011-10-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 BMW 525I WITH 119,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. I EXPERIENCED MY CAR MAKING A THUMP SOUND AND THEN THE I WOULD … |
| 2011-06-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | ACTIVE STEERING PROBLEM. *TR |