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An audible chime that does not properly alert the driver to fasten their seat belt increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
An audible chime that does not properly alert the driver to fasten their seat belt increases the risk of injury in a crash.
An improperly welded seat frame may not properly restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
A damaged or fractured tie rod may affect vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.
Two 2019 BMW M340Is can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.