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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW 320xi Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW 320xi, across 3 model years from 2013 to 2015. The 2014 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2015 (1).

Model years
3

2013–2015, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2014

2 recalls

Owner complaints
9

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 320xi across 4 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2014.

Across all BMW 320xi model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 3 complaints), then the engine (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 320xi in 2015: 2, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW 320xi is exterior lighting, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest BMW 320xi recall, 15V520000, was reported on August 17, 2015 and concerns the exterior lighting.

BMW 320xi years to avoid

Too few BMW 320xi model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW 320xi, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2016011not ranked
2015111not ranked
2014243not ranked
2013131not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 320xi years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW 320xi

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1

BMW 320xi model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW 320xi recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW 320xi, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
15V520000August 17, 2015exterior lighting2013–2015crash7,727
15V189000March 31, 2015fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2014crash18,054

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 320xi. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: January 8, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted