NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW M8 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the BMW M8, across 1 model year from 2020 to 2020.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 3
- Most recalls
- 2020
- Owner complaints
- 4
2020–2020, with a recall
3 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW M8 across 1 model year; the most, 4, concern the 2020.
Owners marked a crash on 1 of the BMW M8 complaints (25%) and a fire on 0.
Across all BMW M8 model years, owners name the vehicle speed control most often (at least 2 complaints), then the electrical system (1).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW M8 in 2025: 2, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW M8 is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW M8 recall, 21V096000, was reported on February 19, 2021 and concerns the back over prevention: sensing system: camera.
BMW M8 years to avoid
Too few BMW M8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 1 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW M8 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW M8
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA1
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1
BMW M8 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW M8 recall campaign (3)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21V096000February 19, 2021 | back over prevention: sensing system: camera | 2020 | crash and injury | 13,858 |
| 21V062000February 10, 2021 | service brakes, hydraulic | 2020 | crash | 893 |
| 19V883000December 11, 2019 | power train: automatic transmission | 2020 | crash | 3,012 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW M8. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: January 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted