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BMW 528IA

Every BMW 528IA model year on file, 1997 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years100 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years31997 to 2000
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins28Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 50% of the model's total

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

02461997199820005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seats leads the BMW 528IA complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seats
3
Powertrain
2
Airbags
2
Visibility and wipers
1
Speed control
1
Engine and cooling
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 528IA 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 528IA by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2000Sedan50.0160011
1998Sedan20.08107
1997Sedan30.0160010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 528IA

  • 98V-143 Jun 22, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Powertrain ยท 3,800 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.