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BMW 550I

Every BMW 550I 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 years70 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins713Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 86% of the model's total

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

02462015620162017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the BMW 550I complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
3
Fuel system
3
Engine and cooling
2
Tires
1
Wheels
1
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 550I 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 550I by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Not decoded0NoneNone01188
2016Sedan10.0721239
2015Sedan60.03801286
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 550I

  • 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.