2000 BMW 528I problems
The 2000 BMW 528I has 53 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (19%) concerns air bags. Next are engine (15%) and brakes (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 106,000 miles 36 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 36 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 106,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the BMW 528I with enough data (24 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My vehicle was rear ended on freeway at about 30-40 MPH. My vehicle was pushed into the vehicle in front of mine. During the collision my seatback failed and I wound up laying horizontally.
Both side door air bags deployed while driving 60 MPH for no known reason. Vehicle at the dealer. Consumer states that while the air bag deployed for unknown reason it caused injury.
Consumer states while driving a slight impact to underbody shield resulted in the air bag to deploying causing injury to consumer (claim#30-v241-449).
As I was driving my beloved 2000 BMW 528I on 11/9/2018 at 2:15 pm, on route 12 south in duck, nc, traveling at approximately 35 MPH, smoke began pouring from the underside of the driver's seat. The heated seats were not turned on. No dashboard warning lights were on, except for a rear tail light indicator that had appeared within the last week. I had just driven through a rain shower, so the headlights were on, but I had turned the wipers off. I pulled the car over and immediately turned the ignition off.
ABS module fail at 127,000 k. This stops my speedometer from working along with my (dcs) traction control, gas gauge and the brake go into emergency mode..