NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 BMW 328i Recalls
The 2015 BMW 328i has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 13, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 BMW 328i. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 125
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 BMW 328i, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 BMW 328i
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: pump
- Campaign
- 24V608000
- Reported
- August 13, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 720,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 328i, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 24V527000
- Reported
- July 11, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,145
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2014 328i, 11 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 24V288000
- Reported
- April 24, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,761
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 328i, 9 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 328i, 7 other models
2015 BMW 328i complaints by year
NHTSA has received 125 owner complaints about the 2015 BMW 328i, the newest on September 30, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 BMW 328i, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (34%) and the engine (18%).
1 of the 2015 BMW 328i's 4 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2015 BMW 328i owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System56
- Engine And Engine Cooling42
- Engine23
- Unknown Or Other19
- Fuel/Propulsion System15
- Power Train13
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 38 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2015 BMW 328i peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 38. 13% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 BMW 328i drew 0.7× the complaints of the median BMW 328i year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured BMW 328i years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 125 complaints about the 2015 BMW 328i are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW 328i by model year
Other 2015 BMW models
Newest record on this page: September 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted