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BMW 535D

Every BMW 535D model year on file, 2014 to 2016. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years735 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32014 to 2016
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins839Summed across model years
By model year

The 2014 model year drew the most complaints, 58, 79% of the model's total

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

020406020145820152016
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the BMW 535D complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
37
Engine and cooling
36
Powertrain
8
Electrical system
4
Structure
3
Tires
1
Speed control
1
Seat belts
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 535D 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 535D by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2016Sedan911.16452219
2015Sedan60.03832269
2014Sedan586.929042351
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 535D

  • 24V-527 Jul 11, 2024
    Driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect
    Airbags · 1,145 vehicles
  • 21V-907 Nov 19, 2021
    EGR cooler may leak internally, causing coolant to mix with diesel engine soot, which could result in smoldering particles and a melting intake…
    Fuel system · 50k vehicles
  • 21V-586 Jul 29, 2021
    High-pressure fuel pump may fail
    Fuel system · 11k vehicles
  • 18V-755 Oct 25, 2018
    If the EGR cooler leaks internally, the coolant can mix with diesel engine soot
    Engine and cooling · 44k vehicles
  • 16V-914 Dec 20, 2016
    Affected vehicles have seat- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
    Airbags · 3,506 vehicles
  • 15V-718 Oct 30, 2015
    Affected vehicles have an inboard lower anchor for child restraints on the left rear seat that may have been bent downwards, preventing the child…
    Child seats · 7,162 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.