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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

2018–2018, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2018

2 recalls

Owner complaints
14

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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW M240i, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202502—not ranked
202401—not ranked
202301—not ranked
2022041not ranked
2018230not 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)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW M240i, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
18V465000July 11, 2018engine and engine cooling: engine2018crash5,309
17V719000November 15, 2017electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2018crash3,188

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