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BMW 330

Every BMW 330 model year on file, 2000 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years42 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92000 to 2011
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins43Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 75% of the model's total

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

01232000200120022006320072008200920102011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the BMW 330 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
3
Structure
1
Electrical system
1
Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 330 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 330 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Not decoded0NoneNone116
2010Not decoded0NoneNone116
2009Not decoded0NoneNone116
2008Not decoded0NoneNone116
2007Not decoded0NoneNone115
2006Sedan366.76115
2002Convertible10.017203
2001Not decoded0NoneNone203
2000Not decoded0NoneNone203
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 330

  • 19V-698 Oct 2, 2019
    This recall affects certain vehicles that may have had a driver-side air bag module installed as replacement equipment such as after a vehicle…
    Airbags · 3,924 vehicles
  • 17V-047 Jan 20, 2017
    These vehicles may have had a driver-side air bag module installed as replacement equipment such as after a vehicle crash necessitating…
    Airbags · 230k vehicles
  • 16V-071 Feb 5, 2016
    Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture
    Airbags · 840k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.