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BMW 540IAT

Every BMW 540IAT model year on file, 1999 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years31999 to 2001

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins33Summed across model years

By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 60% 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 540IAT complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 540IAT 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 540IAT by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	12
2000	Sedan	2	0.0	6	0	13
1999	Wagon	3	0.0	30	2	8

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 540IAT

03V-421 Oct 24, 2003
On certain passenger vehicles, a microprocessor in the air bag control module, which activates the front air bags, the side air bags, the front…
Airbags · 23k vehicles
99V-005 Jan 4, 1999
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with a 5hp24 automatic transmission
Powertrain · 249 vehicles
99V-004 Jan 4, 1999
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Electrical system · 1,615 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.