Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 05/01/2009 | 52000 | 1 | |
| This is a formal petition for a safety defect investigation. my 2004 bmw 325xi has a left tail light that does not work because of a poor connection at the rear lamp connector (the ground wire receptacle and housing have burnt out because the ground is not strong enough for the current). my right tail light still functions but i am concerned about this side burning out as well and posing a possible fire hazard. bmw has issued a service bulletin (si b 63 03 06) which addresses this issue and says that the cause is minor corrosion at the 8-pin rear lamp connector creates high resistance causing damage to the connector housing. bmw has not issued a recall and i am worried about getting into an accident without a properly functioning tail light. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 07/01/2009 | 59770 | 1 | 10/01/2003 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 bmw 325xi. the wire that plugs into the driver side rear tail light harness burned which makes it impossible for the driver to alert others of his intentions regarding direction of travel and speed. technical service bulletin # 10020856(exterior lighting:tail lights) summarizes the failure. the failure has not been remedied. the current and failure mileages were 59,770. updated 12/09/09 *bf the consumer stated the same failure happened on the passenger side. there was insufficient grounding which caused the burnout of the tail light wiring. | |||