2014 BMW 750LI — Complaint #1972596
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL filed March 5, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1972596 (ODI reference 11575489) concerns a 2014 BMW 750LI and was filed on March 5, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 2, 2024. The vehicle had 87,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:fuel rail, 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 750LI cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:fuel rail 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 2014 BMW 750LI shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 BMW 750LI. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, there was an abnormal gasoline odor of gasoline inside the cabin of the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in the driveway at his residence, he smelled the gasoline odor. Additionally, while the vehicle was parked in a parking lot to run a short errand, the contact returned and saw gasoline dripping underneath the vehicle. The contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who determined that the vehicle was leaking gasoline from the fuel rail. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1972596 |
| ODI Number | 11575489 |
| Date Filed | March 5, 2024 |
| Failure Date | March 2, 2024 |
| VIN | WBAYF8C58ED |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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