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2014 BMW 640i owner complaints

7 complaints filed with NHTSA on this vehicle , including 2 reporting a crash, fire, injury, or fatality. Showing the 300 most recent — grouped by category for scanning.

body 2 complaints shown

09/17/2018 49,458 mi ODI #11129987.0

Driver door occasionally does not unlock with the door handle. Standard operation is to pull handle twice to unlock and open the door. This does not always work, and I can't get out of the car, without finding the keyfob, or using the central locking button on the dash. This is a safety issue. If the battery were to fail, or if in an accident and the power is lost, the door won't open. I have videos of the failure. This occurs when parked, vehicle is turned off, and attempting to exit the car. It has occurred at home, and at several other locations. Has occurred to me between 06-2018 and 9-2018, and weather has not been cold.

01/10/2018 30,000 mi ODI #11061575.0

Both doors will not open without using the power door lock button. The driver side was the first side to fail and about four months later the passenger side is now doing the same thing. This is very concerning due to if the vehicle was to get in a major accident and the battery become disconnected I could not get out of the car without breaking a window. I have a video of the problem but the site will only allow pictures to uploaded.

airbags 1 complaint shown

10/04/2018 Crash ODI #11132628.0

2014 BMW 6401. Consumer writes in regard to airbag deployment failure after accident. *as *tr

tires 1 complaint shown

05/19/2016 5,000 mi ODI #10865856.0

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 (na) BMW 640i equipped with dunlop sp sport maxx et (na) tires, size: 245/35/r20 (na). While the vehicle was at a local dealer for routine repair, the technician diagnosed that there were bubbles around the sidewall of the front driver side tire and it needed to be replaced. The tire was replaced. The tire manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The tire and vehicle failure mileage was 5,000.

other 1 complaint shown

02/26/2020 60,000 mi ODI #11311718.0

Both doors fail to unlock when the power is out. Lifting the inside door handle does not unlock the door. They only way to unlock the door is to use the electornic unlock button. BMW says an electrical component has failed and needs replacing for the manual operation to work correctly and wants $1300 to repair it. The doors should always have an manual egress. If the car is in an accident and loses power, you can not get out. Any design that requires power assist to exit the car, can not be correct. What would happen in the case of a fire?

electrical 1 complaint shown

01/19/2018 52,000 mi Crash ODI #11063803.0

My instrument cluster went blank at 52k miles no data nothing. For such high priced car to have an instrument cluster to go bad after 3 years is a disgrace to BMW. Called BMW and they denied the repair due to the fact the car is out of warranty due to the miles 2800 over. This is a safety issue and needs to be addressed with BMW . This happened when the car was in motion on a city street.

Showing 300 of 7 total complaints. The full federal record is available at nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2014/BMW/640i#complaints.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) owner complaint database. Last synced 2026-07-26. Complaints are owner-submitted and unverified — the existence of a complaint is not proof of a defect, but a pattern of complaints around the same component is a signal worth weighing. Verify any specific filing at nhtsa.gov.
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