1997 BMW 528IA Problems, complaints & recalls

I backed up my car in front of my house and when I put it in park the driver door airbag deployed knocking me over , bruising my left arm and I still have ringing in my ears.

On several occasions while driving during wet conditions, the automatic transmission would suddenly shift from "drive" to "s" without any operator intervention. When this occurred the car abruptly slowed to about 25 mph and would not accelerate beyond that speed. I wish to emphasize that this sudden and unexpected change in gear selection would take place without any operator intervention which resulted in a potentially dangerous situation. I had the vehicle repaired at vista bmw in coconut creek, fl on 9/07/05 and was told there was a short in the gear selector switch and the defective part was replaced at a cost of $583.25. *Jb

Vehicle stalled while driving to an intersection, there was no electrical power, dealer thought it was the battery, but vehicle started again, it was the oxygen sensor that caused the stalling.*Ak consumer states this was the second time that vehicle stalled, also the check engine light came on, consumer also states that there was a thumping noise coming from under vehicle while driving, as a result of problem with driveshaft.*Jb