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BMW 325I by model year

1,786 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 325I across 19 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 325I

Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, BMW 325I 0 375 750 1990: 5 '90 1991: 4 '91 1992: 55 '92 1993: 25 '93 1994: 23 '94 1995: 42 '95 2000: 1 '00 2001: 196 '01 2002: 198 '02 2003: 261 '03 2004: 182 '04 2005: 81 '05 2006: 709 '06 2007: 1 '07 2008: 1 '08 2011: 1 '11
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 yearComplaints
19905
19914
199255
199325
199423
199542
20001
2001196
2002198
2003261
2004182
200581
2006709
20071
20081
20111

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2011 1 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 1 3
2007 1 3
2006 709 Air bags (36%) 7 21
2005 81 Air bags (41%) 4 20 to 22
2004 182 Air bags (34%) 4 20 to 22
2003 261 Air bags (24%) 7 21
2002 198 Air bags (27%) 6 20 to 21
2001 196 Air bags (26%) 6 20 to 21
2000 1 2
1999 1
1995 42 Transmission (14%) 2 20
1994 23 3 20
1993 25 Cooling system (24%) 3 18
1992 55 Cooling system (22%) 4 18
1991 4 15 to 18
1990 5 18