Front Suspension Wheel Bearing Problems of BMW 540

BMW 540 owners have reported 1 problem related to front suspension wheel bearing (under the suspension category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Suspension Wheel Bearing problem of the 1998 BMW 540

Failure Date: 07/02/2003

Driver-side front wheel bearing makes noise when wheel spins freely. This was reported several times to dealer in past. Dealer replaced passenger-side front bearing ! driver-side beraing still noisy. Waiting for complete failure to prove dealer wrong. Front wheel bearings are marginally designed for BMW 540i, this is well documented on various web sites of BMW owners. Bearings last 75,000 miles!.

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Other Common Suspension related problems of BMW 540

Problem Category Number of Problems
Front Suspension Coil Spring problems
1
Front Suspension Wheel Bearing problems
1
Front Suspension Strut problems
1
Rear Suspension Shock Absorber problems
1
Front Suspension problems
1


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