NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 535xi Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the BMW 535xi, across 1 model year from 2013 to 2013.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2013
- Owner complaints
- 144
2013–2013, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 144 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 535xi across 6 model years; the most, 71, concern the 2008.
Owners marked a crash on 1 of the BMW 535xi complaints (1%) and a fire on 6.
Across all BMW 535xi model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 30 complaints), then the engine (26).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 535xi in 2014: 25, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 535xi is exterior lighting, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW 535xi recall, 15V188000, was reported on March 31, 2015 and concerns the exterior lighting.
BMW 535xi years to avoid
Too few BMW 535xi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 2 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 535xi years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 535xi
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING1
BMW 535xi model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 535xi recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15V188000March 31, 2015 | exterior lighting | 2013 | crash | 13,443 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 535xi. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: August 28, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted