By model year
BMW E39 complaints by model year
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.
Model line
BMW E39
Every BMW E39 model year on file, 1995 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years81995 to 2002
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins136Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each BMW E39 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2001 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 2000 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| 1999 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 1998 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 1997 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 1996 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the BMW E39
- 09E-025 May 11, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 43k vehicles - 09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 16k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.