Nov 4, 2020Brakes
MANUAL PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE WON'T ENGAGE.
NHTSA ODI 11372973
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What 49 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 BMW 4 Series Gran
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (49)Crash / fire / injury (3)Electrical system (20)Engine & cooling (16)Engine (8)Body & structure (3)Airbags (2)Brakes (2)Fuel system (2)Speed control (2)Steering (2)Transmission & drivetrain (2)
2 of 49 complaints match · Brakes · clear filters
May 24, 2017BrakesCrash
TWO COLLISIONS AND SEVERAL OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE I WAS DRIVING 40-60 MPH, THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY BRAKED, AND I IMMEDIATELY BRAKED WITH ENOUGH TIME AND DISTANCE TO COMPLETELY STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. EACH TIME, ALTHOUGH I SLAMMED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IMMEDIATELY, THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS BRAKING, BUT NOT NEARLY AS FAST OR AS INTENSELY ENOUGH GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE I WAS APPLYING TO THE BRAKES AND THE TIME AND DISTANCE I HAD TO STOP BEFORE REACHING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IN TWO OF THESE INSTANCES, WHERE THERE WERE CARS IN THE ADJACENT LANES, I WAS NOT ABLE TO SWERVE AWAY TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I COLLIDED WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IN OTHER INSTANCES, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION BY SWERVING INTO ADJACENT LANES.
NHTSA ODI 10991389
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How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2016 BMW 4 Series Gran verdict →