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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW 323ci Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the BMW 323ci, across 1 model year from 2000 to 2000.

Model years
1

2000–2000, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2000

4 recalls

Owner complaints
31

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 323ci across 1 model year; the most, 31, concern the 2000.

Owners marked a crash on 0 of the BMW 323ci complaints (0%) and a fire on 2.

Across all BMW 323ci model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 11 complaints), then the power train (6).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 323ci in 2014: 7, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW 323ci is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest BMW 323ci recall, 21V401000, was reported on May 27, 2021 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.

BMW 323ci years to avoid

Too few BMW 323ci 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 323ci, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20004310not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 323ci years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW 323ci

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1

BMW 323ci model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW 323ci recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW 323ci, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
21V401000May 27, 2021air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2000injury and death4,511
20V018000January 15, 2020air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2000injury and deathdo not drive292,948
19V852000November 26, 2019air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2000crash, injury and death34,396
19V853000November 26, 2019air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module2000crash, injury and death74,185

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 323ci. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 10, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted