2013 BMW 550I — Complaint #1837770
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:PRESSURE SENSOR filed September 1, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1837770 (ODI reference 11482389) concerns a 2013 BMW 550I and was filed on September 1, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 17, 2022. The vehicle had 96,280 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to South Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:delivery:pressure sensor, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BMW 550I cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:delivery:pressure sensor failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 BMW 550I shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 BMW 550i. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the warning message illuminated on the instrument panel stating, âDriving moderately and drive pit not availableâ. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the high-speed fuel pump on the passengerâs side was replaced but the failure continued. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the high-speed pressure sensor was replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 96,280.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1837770 |
| ODI Number | 11482389 |
| Date Filed | September 1, 2022 |
| Failure Date | August 17, 2022 |
| VIN | WBASN0C51DD |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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