NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 430i Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the BMW 430i, across 1 model year from 2025 to 2025.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2025
- Owner complaints
- 125
2025–2025, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 125 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 430i across 10 model years; the most, 36, concern the 2018.
Owners marked a crash on 10 of the BMW 430i complaints (8%) and a fire on 2.
Across all BMW 430i model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 38 complaints), then the electrical system (27).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 430i in 2026: 38, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 430i is electrical system: starter assembly, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW 430i recall, 25V202000, was reported on April 1, 2025 and concerns the electrical system: starter assembly.
BMW 430i years to avoid
Too few BMW 430i 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | — | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 430i years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 430i
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY1
BMW 430i model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 430i recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V202000April 1, 2025 | electrical system: starter assembly | 2025 | crash and fire | 4,557 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 430i. 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