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BMW 530

Every BMW 530 model year on file, 1975 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years215 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years101975 to 2002

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins33Summed across model years

By model year

The 2001 model year drew the most complaints, 7, 33% of the model's total

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

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 530 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Seats

Lighting

Powertrain

Electrical system

Structure

Brakes

Equipment

Airbags

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 530 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 530 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2002	Sedan	4	50.0	15	1	8
2001	Sedan	7	42.9	32	1	8
1999	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	3
1997	Sedan	1	0.0	5	0	2
1995	Sedan	3	0.0	16	0	2
1994	Not decoded	5	0.0	250	0	2
1978	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1977	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1976	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1975	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 530

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

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.