NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 335xi Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW 335xi, 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
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2014
- Owner complaints
- 154
2013–2015, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 154 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 335xi across 9 model years; the most, 62, concern the 2008.
Owners marked a crash on 6 of the BMW 335xi complaints (4%) and a fire on 15.
Across all BMW 335xi model years, owners name the fuel system, gasoline most often (at least 35 complaints), then the electrical system (29).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 335xi in 2010: 32, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 335xi is exterior lighting, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest BMW 335xi recall, 15V520000, was reported on August 17, 2015 and concerns the exterior lighting.
BMW 335xi years to avoid
Too few BMW 335xi 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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 335xi years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 335xi
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1
BMW 335xi model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 335xi recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 335xi. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted