NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW Z8 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW Z8, across 1 model year from 2001 to 2001.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2001
- Owner complaints
- 7
2001–2001, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW Z8 across 2 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2001.
Owners marked a crash on 0 of the BMW Z8 complaints (0%) and a fire on 1.
Across all BMW Z8 model years, owners name the exterior lighting most often (at least 3 complaints), then the structure (2).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW Z8 in 2016: 3, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW Z8 is engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest BMW Z8 recall, 02V138000, was reported on May 16, 2002 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan.
BMW Z8 years to avoid
Too few BMW Z8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 1 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW Z8 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW Z8
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN2
BMW Z8 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW Z8 recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW Z8. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: July 28, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted