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BMW 850I

Every BMW 850I model year on file, 1991 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years162 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years71991 to 2023
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins24Summed across model years
By model year

The 1991 model year drew the most complaints, 9, 56% of the model's total

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

02.557.51019919199219931994199520192023
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 850I complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting
5
Airbags
4
Engine and cooling
3
Electrical system
2
Powertrain
2
Suspension
1
Brakes
1
Fuel system
1
Driver assistance
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 850I 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 850I by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2023Not decoded0NoneNone009
2019Coupe714.32330010
1995Not decoded0NoneNone101
1994Not decoded0NoneNone101
1993Not decoded0NoneNone101
1992Not decoded0NoneNone201
1991Coupe911.1113201
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 850I

  • 98V-178 Aug 4, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Engine and cooling · 340k 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.