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BMW 850CI

Every BMW 850CI model year on file, 1991 to 1997. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years61991 to 1997
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins7Summed across model years
By model year

The 1992 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511991199211993199419951997
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 850CI complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting
1
Electrical system
1
Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 850CI 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 850CI by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1997Not decoded1100.0100002
1995Not decoded0NoneNone101
1994Not decoded0NoneNone201
1993Not decoded10.0100101
1992Coupe10.014101
1991Not decoded0NoneNone101
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 850CI

  • 98V-178 Aug 4, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Engine and cooling · 340k vehicles
  • 94V-017 Jan 27, 1994
    Remote activation device can close windows and sunroof from a distance greater than the maximum (6 meters) permitted by fmvss no.118, "power…
    Visibility and wipers · 1,400 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.