NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 540 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the BMW 540, across 1 model year from 2001 to 2001.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2001
- Owner complaints
- 5
2001–2001, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 540 across 1 model year; the most, 5, concern the 2001.
Across all BMW 540 model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 2 complaints), then the engine and engine cooling (1).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 540 in 2002: 1, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 540 is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW 540 recall, 17V047000, was reported on January 20, 2017 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
BMW 540 years to avoid
Too few BMW 540 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | 5 | 2 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 540 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 540
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
BMW 540 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 540 recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17V047000January 20, 2017 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2001 | crash, injury and deathdo not drive | 230,117 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 540. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted