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BMW 318IA

Every BMW 318IA model year on file, 1990 to 1995. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years61990 to 1995
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins14Summed across model years
By model year

The 1993 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.7511990199119921993119941995
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the BMW 318IA complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
2
Electrical system
1
Powertrain
1
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 318IA model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW 318IA by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1995Not decoded10.0100101
1994Sedan10.06102
1993Not decoded10.0100102
1992Not decoded0NoneNone103
1991Not decoded0NoneNone003
1990Not decoded0NoneNone003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 318IA

  • 98V-178 Aug 4, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Engine and cooling ยท 340k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.