NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW E46 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the BMW E46, across 1 model year from 2000 to 2000.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2000
- Owner complaints
- 25
2000–2000, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 25 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW E46 across 4 model years; the most, 18, concern the 2000.
Across all BMW E46 model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 8 complaints), then the exterior lighting (5).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW E46 in 2006: 5, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW E46 is exterior lighting, in 3 model-year listings.
BMW E46 years to avoid
Too few BMW E46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2000 | 4 | 18 | 2 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW E46 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW E46
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS1
BMW E46 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW E46 recall campaign (4)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW E46. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 10, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted