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BMW 735IL

Every BMW 735IL model year on file, 1990 to 1992. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years31990 to 1992
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3Summed across model years
By model year

The 1990 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511990119911992
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Lighting leads the BMW 735IL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting
1
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 735IL 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 735IL by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1992Not decoded0NoneNone201
1991Sedan10.05201
1990Sedan1100.010101
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 735IL

  • 96V-111 Jul 1, 1996
    Brake light switch can fail allowing the switch to remain in the "brake lights off" position or in the "brake lights on" position
    Lighting · 180k vehicles
  • 96V-110 Jul 1, 1996
    Air bag contact ring locking tab located in the steering wheel assembly can break without warning
    Airbags · 75k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.