NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 325 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW 325, across 1 model year from 2001 to 2001.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2001
- Owner complaints
- 75
2001–2001, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 75 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 325 across 5 model years; the most, 31, concern the 2001.
Owners marked a crash on 3 of the BMW 325 complaints (4%) and a fire on 6.
Across all BMW 325 model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 21 complaints), then the electrical system (14).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 325 in 2001: 13, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 325 is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest BMW 325 recall, 19V698000, was reported on October 2, 2019 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
BMW 325 years to avoid
Too few BMW 325 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2003 | 0 | 9 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2002 | 0 | 26 | 11 | not ranked |
| 2001 | 2 | 31 | 19 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 325 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 325
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE2
BMW 325 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 325 recall campaign (2)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19V698000October 2, 2019 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2001 | injury and deathdo not drive | 3,924 |
| 17V047000January 20, 2017 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2001 | crash, injury and deathdo not drive | 230,117 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 325. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted