Total Complaints
4 filings
BMW 750IL · model year
4 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1992BMW750IL carries 4 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1992 750IL is service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum with 1 filings, followed by service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components (1) and fuel system, gasoline:delivery (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 34 investigation files overlapping the 1992 750IL. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
4 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | 1 |
| VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | 1 |
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
THIS COOLANT PROBLEM COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS IF THE HEATER CORE GOES. *AK
BRAKES OPERATING WITHOUT PROBLEM OR ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEM UNTIL A QUICK AND FIRM PRESSURE IS APPLIED. THEN "BRAKE PRESSURE" WARNING IS INDICATED AND BRAKES FAIL TO ACTIVATE FOR ABOUT 1 SEC.
SEAL OR O-RING SEPARATING THE BRAKE BOOSTER FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE.
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.