NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 330e Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 5 recall campaigns for the BMW 330e, across 1 model year from 2021 to 2021.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 5
- Most recalls
- 2021
- Owner complaints
- 37
2021–2021, with a recall
5 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 37 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 330e across 7 model years; the most, 12, concern the 2017.
Owners marked a crash on 6 of the BMW 330e complaints (16%) and a fire on 1.
Across all BMW 330e model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 19 complaints), then the engine (17).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 330e in 2026: 12, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 330e is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW 330e recall, 21V554000, was reported on July 21, 2021 and concerns the seat belts.
BMW 330e years to avoid
Too few BMW 330e 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 2 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 330e years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 330e
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA1
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY1
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY1
- SEAT BELTS1
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1
BMW 330e model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 330e recall campaign (5)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21V554000July 21, 2021 | seat belts | 2021 | crash and injury | 21,537 |
| 21V298000April 28, 2021 | seat belts: front: buckle assembly | 2021 | injury | 12 |
| 21V096000February 19, 2021 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2021 | crash and injury | 13,858 |
| 20V601000September 30, 2020 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery | 2021 | fire and injury | 4,509 |
| 20V490000August 18, 2020 | electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery | 2021 | fire | 713 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 330e. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted