BMW 228I by model year

97 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 228I across 8 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2014	9
2015	29
2016	30
2020	6
2021	12
2022	5
2023	6

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2024			1
2023	6		1
2022	5		2
2021	12		3
2020	6		2
2016	30	Electrical system (37%)	1	26 to 27
2015	29	Electrical system (28%)	3	26 to 27
2014	9		4	26 to 27