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BMW 650I

Every BMW 650I 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 years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42015 to 2018
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins750Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 80% of the model's total

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

0123420154201620172018
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 650I complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
2
Powertrain
1
Wheels
1
Driver assistance
1
Electrical system
1
Seats
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 650I 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 650I by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Not decoded0NoneNone0150
2017Sedan10.0611188
2016Not decoded0NoneNone01231
2015Coupe40.08011281
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 650I

  • 24V-527 Jul 11, 2024
    Driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect
    Airbags · 1,145 vehicles
  • 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.