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BMW 540

Every BMW 540 model year on file, 1993 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years233 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years81993 to 2002

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins22Summed across model years

By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 7, 30% 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 540 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Airbags

Structure

Powertrain

Electrical system

Brakes

Speed control

Equipment

Tires

Seats

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 540 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 540 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2002	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	3
2001	Sedan	5	0.0	23	1	6
1999	Sedan	3	0.0	14	0	1
1997	Sedan	7	0.0	37	0	2
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	4
1995	Not decoded	6	33.3	600	0	2
1994	Sedan	2	50.0	13	0	2
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 540

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.