NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW M240i Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW M240i, across 1 model year from 2018 to 2018.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2018
- Owner complaints
- 14
2018–2018, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW M240i across 6 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2022.
Owners marked a crash on 0 of the BMW M240i complaints (0%) and a fire on 1.
Across all BMW M240i model years, owners name the exterior lighting most often (at least 6 complaints), then the electrical system (2).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW M240i in 2026: 7, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW M240i is electrical system: instrument cluster/panel, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW M240i recall, 18V465000, was reported on July 11, 2018 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine.
BMW M240i years to avoid
Too few BMW M240i 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 0 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW M240i years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW M240i
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1
BMW M240i model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW M240i recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW M240i. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted