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BMW 320I

Every BMW 320I model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years8815 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years42015 to 2018

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,144Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 33, 38% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Engine and cooling leads the BMW 320I complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Electrical system

Airbags

Brakes

Structure

Powertrain

Lighting

Wheels

Speed control

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 320I model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW 320I by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2018	Sedan	21	28.6	175	0	1	94
2017	Sedan	9	22.2	53	0	1	276
2016	Sedan	25	24.0	179	0	1	353
2015	Sedan	33	3.0	206	3	1	421

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 320I

24V-527 Jul 11, 2024
Driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect
Airbags · 1,145 vehicles
24V-288 Apr 24, 2024
Head air bag inflator may fail at the weld joint, which can cause gas to leak from the inflator or result in an inflator rupture
Airbags · 5,761 vehicles
15V-520 Aug 17, 2015
Affected vehicles may have been programmed with new software that inadvertently makes the front side marker lights inoperative in conjunction with…
Lighting · 7,727 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.