2019 BMW 530I problems
NHTSA has received 28 complaints about the 2019 BMW 530I, and 25% of them involve engine. After that come electrical system (21%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 2019 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the BMW 530I with enough data (17 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.
Date of accident: 8/10/2022 Location of accident: 2436 Krueger Dr, Concord, CA 94520 Accident Summary: My wife own’s the above mentioned home and was in the process of getting a new tenant. She reached the Krueger home at around 12:15 pm. She drove onto the driveway as she normally does, put the car in park and turned on the hand/parking brake. It is to be noted that driveway is on an upgrade. The prospective tenant did not show up. There was another potential tenant that was going to come around 2 pm.
I was at a red light. When it turned green the cars began to move but the car in front of me stopped again. I applied the break immediately but he car did not stop so I hit the car in front of me.
I was on a toll road/freeway overpass connecting to the 91 freeway in traffic going 60 MPH when suddenly my car started breaking on its own (no car directly in front of me). I tried to accelerate but was unable to. My car continued breaking and slowing, there was no where to pull over, and finally I coasted to the 91 freeway where I was able to pull over. This was extremely dangerous to lose control of one's car in speeding freeway traffic.