2011 BMW 528I — Complaint #2064336
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID filed February 11, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2064336 (ODI reference 11641866) concerns a 2011 BMW 528I and was filed on February 11, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 1, 2025. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:trunk lid, 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 528I cohort independently describe similar structure:body:trunk lid 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 2011 BMW 528I shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
on February 1,2025 Pushed the trunk release at Autozone to take battery out of vehicle. And, trunk spring/release was so strong the trunk broke my back windshield again. This would be the second time I've had this happen. the first was on August9.2023. Ever since I've purchased the vehicle the trunk ring/release has been real strong. This really needs to be looked into!
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2064336 |
| ODI Number | 11641866 |
| Date Filed | February 11, 2025 |
| Failure Date | February 1, 2025 |
| VIN | WBAFR1C53BC |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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