BMW 318 by model year

163 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 318 across 6 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the BMW 318

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
1990	2
1991	47
1992	17
1993	17
1994	26
1995	28

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
1995	28	Air bags (25%)
1994	26	Electrical system (39%)	1
1993	17		2
1992	17		4
1991	47	Engine (32%)	3
1990	2		1