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BMW E31

Every BMW E31 model year on file, 1992 to 1997. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years31992 to 1997

Recall campaigns0Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins14Summed across model years

By model year

The 1992 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% 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

Lighting leads the BMW E31 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW E31 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 E31 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Bulletins
1997	Not decoded	0	None	None	5
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	7
1992	Coupe	1	0.0	14	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW E31

No recall campaign lists this model.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.