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BMW 635

Every BMW 635 model year on file, 1984 to 1992. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91984 to 1992
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins9Summed across model years
By model year

The 1985 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511984198511986198719881989199019911992
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Steering leads the BMW 635 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering
2
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 635 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 635 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1992Not decoded0NoneNone011
1991Not decoded0NoneNone011
1990Not decoded0NoneNone011
1989Not decoded10.0100011
1988Not decoded10.0100011
1987Not decoded0NoneNone121
1986Not decoded0NoneNone221
1985Coupe10.025141
1984Not decoded0NoneNone011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 635

  • 13V-063 Feb 26, 2013
    US Specs is recalling one 2002 Porsche Carrera, one 1997 BMW 750IL, and two 1986 BMW 635 CSI vehicles for failing to conform to Federal Motor…
    Equipment · 4 vehicles
  • 86V-151 Nov 10, 1986
    Brake light switch could overheat, eventually leading to melting of plastic internal parts in area of electrical contacts
    Lighting · 97k vehicles
  • 85V-065 May 22, 1985
    Incorrect machining of the seating surface of the wheels where it contacts the hub of the car may prevent the wheels from mounting securely to the hub
    Wheels · 40 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.