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BMW I4

Every BMW I4 model year on file, 2022 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years8121 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32022 to 2024
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins222Summed across model years
By model year

The 2023 model year drew the most complaints, 45, 56% of the model's total

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

020406020222023452024
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the BMW I4 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
25
Powertrain
17
Driver assistance
13
Brakes
11
Speed control
7
Fuel system
7
Engine and cooling
6
Steering
6
Tires
4
Back-over prevention
3
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW I4 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 I4 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2024Sedan2630.85203048
2023Sedan4520.06437080
2022Sedan1040.01438194
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW I4

  • 25V-395 Jul 23, 2025
    Electric drive motor software may shut down the high-voltage system, causing a loss of drive power
    Electrical system · 71k vehicles
  • 25V-470 Jul 16, 2025
    High-voltage battery cell modules may not have been assembled properly, resulting in stress on the module frame and possible module failure
    Electrical system · 136 vehicles
  • 24V-611 Aug 15, 2024
    Left-side longitudinal beam may crack, compromising the structural integrity of the chassis
    Structure · 1,150 vehicles
  • 24V-135 Feb 23, 2024
    High-voltage battery module may contain insufficient weld seams, which can result in the battery overheating
    Electrical system · 4 vehicles
  • 23V-449 Jun 28, 2023
    High voltage battery combined charging unit (CCU) may not have been manufactured correctly, resulting in improperly connected and/or assembled…
    Electrical system · 69 vehicles
  • 23V-295 Apr 26, 2023
    High voltage battery cell monitoring circuit may have improperly secured electrical connections which can result in an engine stall
    Electrical system · 31 vehicles
  • 23V-118 Feb 23, 2023
    During a service visit, a replacement electronic control unit (ECU) may have been installed with incorrect programming, which can cause the…
    Electrical system · 120 vehicles
  • 23V-026 Jan 25, 2023
    During vehicle start-up, the artificial sound generator control unit may experience a fault and fail to generate the external pedestrian warning sound
    Back-over prevention · 3,431 vehicles
  • 22V-944 Dec 20, 2022
    High voltage battery electronic control unit (ECU) software may cause an interruption of electrical power
    Electrical system · 14k vehicles
  • 22V-541 Jul 27, 2022
    High voltage battery may have internal damage, resulting in an electrical short-circuit
    Electrical system · 367 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.