NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 BMW 335i Recalls
The 2013 BMW 335i has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 BMW 335i. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 43
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 BMW 335i, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2013 BMW 335i
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V017000
- Reported
- January 15, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59,965
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 335i, 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 15V520000
- Reported
- August 17, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,727
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014–2015 335i, 7 other models
2013 BMW 335i complaints by year
NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2013 BMW 335i, the newest on July 21, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (12%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2013 BMW 335i, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the engine (26%).
1 of the 2013 BMW 335i's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2013 BMW 335i owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags12
- Electrical System11
- Engine11
- Power Train9
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Vehicle Speed Control4
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 BMW 335i peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 7. 28% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 BMW 335i drew 0.3× the complaints of the median BMW 335i year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured BMW 335i years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 43 complaints about the 2013 BMW 335i are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW 335i by model year
Other 2013 BMW models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted