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BMW 535I

Every BMW 535I model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years351 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins610Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 23, 66% of the model's total

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

010203020152320162017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the BMW 535I complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
10
Electrical system
7
Engine and cooling
7
Suspension
3
Steering
3
Lighting
3
Seat belts
3
Tires
2
Structure
2
Driver assistance
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 535I 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 535I by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Not decoded0NoneNone11123
2016Sedan120.08622220
2015Sedan234.314402267
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 535I

  • 16V-914 Dec 20, 2016
    Affected vehicles have seat- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
    Airbags · 3,506 vehicles
  • 15V-718 Oct 30, 2015
    Affected vehicles have an inboard lower anchor for child restraints on the left rear seat that may have been bent downwards, preventing the child…
    Child seats · 7,162 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.