NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 530e Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the BMW 530e, across 3 model years from 2019 to 2021. The 2020 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2021 (2).
- Model years
- 3
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2020
- Owner complaints
- 49
2019–2021, with a recall
3 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 49 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 530e across 6 model years; the most, 29, concern the 2018.
Owners marked a crash on 4 of the BMW 530e complaints (8%) and a fire on 2.
Across all BMW 530e model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 15 complaints), then the air bags (11).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 530e in 2024: 12, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 530e is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 4 model-year listings.
The newest BMW 530e recall, 21V096000, was reported on February 19, 2021 and concerns the back over prevention: sensing system: camera.
BMW 530e years to avoid
Too few BMW 530e 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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 530e years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 530e
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA4
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY2
- EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL1
BMW 530e model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 530e recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21V096000February 19, 2021 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2020–2021 | crash and injury | 13,858 |
| 20V601000September 30, 2020 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery | 2020–2021 | fire and injury | 4,509 |
| 19V684000September 27, 2019 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2019–2020 | crash | 257,473 |
| 18V652000September 20, 2018 | equipment: electrical | 2019 | fire, injury and death | 3,501 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 530e. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted