BMW 540I by model year

352 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 540I across 21 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 540I

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
1994	12
1995	15
1997	31
1998	28
1999	29
2000	36
2001	18
2002	17
2003	9
2017	33
2018	61
2019	17
2020	3
2021	14
2022	10
2023	8
2024	10

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2024	10		1
2023	8		1	27
2022	10		1	27
2021	14		6	27
2020	3		5	25
2019	17		1	24
2018	61	Air bags (31%)	2	24
2017	33	Air bags (21%)	1	24
2003	9		2	16 to 18
2002	17		2	16 to 18
2001	18		4	16 to 18
2000	36	Air bags (22%)	2	16 to 18
1999	29	Cooling system (17%)	1	16 to 18
1998	28	Cooling system (39%)	1	16 to 18
1997	31	Cooling system (32%)		16 to 18
1995	15		2	16 to 18
1994	12		4	17
1993			1
1992			1
1991			1
1990			1