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BMW 328I by model year

3,788 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 328I across 21 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, BMW 328I 0 425 850 1996: 36 '96 1997: 29 '97 1998: 34 '98 1999: 125 '99 2000: 146 '00 2001: 5 '01 2007: 576 '07 2008: 375 '08 2009: 297 '09 2010: 232 '10 2011: 804 '11 2012: 198 '12 2013: 392 '13 2014: 238 '14 2015: 204 '15 2016: 97 '16
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
199636
199729
199834
1999125
2000146
20015
2007576
2008375
2009297
2010232
2011804
2012198
2013392
2014238
2015204
201697

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2016 97 Engine (29%) 1 26 to 27
2015 204 Engine (31%) 4 26 to 27 5 stars
2014 238 Engine (24%) 8 26 to 27 5 stars
2013 392 Engine (35%) 5 19 to 26 5 stars
2012 198 Engine (36%) 6 20 to 27 5 stars
2011 804 Engine (46%) 7 20 to 22
2010 232 Engine (38%) 6 20 to 22
2009 297 Engine (23%) 6 20 to 22
2008 375 Air bags (25%) 5 20 to 22
2007 576 Electrical system (22%) 6 21 to 22
2006 3
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 5 3
2000 146 Air bags (25%) 7 19 to 21
1999 125 Air bags (34%) 7 20 to 21
1998 34 Electrical system (15%) 19 to 20
1997 29 Electrical system (24%)
1996 36 Engine (17%) 20 to 21