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BMW M4

Every BMW M4 model year on file, 2015 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years473 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years122015 to 2026

Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,059Summed across model years

By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 22, 47% 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

Engine and cooling leads the BMW M4 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Fuel system

Suspension

Electrical system

Brakes

Visibility and wipers

Steering

Back-over prevention

Seats

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW M4 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 M4 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2026	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	3
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	10
2024	Convertible	1	0.0	100	0	17
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	22
2022	Coupe	2	0.0	50	0	40
2021	Coupe	1	0.0	50	2	72
2020	Coupe	1	0.0	50	2	48
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	44
2018	Coupe	6	0.0	300	1	135
2017	Coupe	2	0.0	50	3	189
2016	Coupe	22	9.1	733	3	229
2015	Coupe	12	8.3	240	3	250

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW M4

25V-643 Sep 25, 2025
Positive battery cables may not be properly connected to the power distribution box, resulting in an engine stall and a fire
Electrical system · 4 vehicles
24V-288 Apr 24, 2024
Head air bag inflator may fail at the weld joint, which can cause gas to leak from the inflator or result in an inflator rupture
Airbags · 5,761 vehicles
21V-554 Jul 21, 2021
Passenger seat belt Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) may deactivate early, before the webbing fully retracts
Seat belts · 22k vehicles
21V-062 Feb 10, 2021
Rotor and shaft within the integrated brake system may not have been welded properly and could separate during a hard braking event, possibly…
Brakes · 893 vehicles
20V-666 Oct 29, 2020
Fuel injectors may have been installed without a damping component which is used to reduce vibration
Fuel system · 21 vehicles
19V-352 May 9, 2019
Driver and passenger knee air bag assemblies may have been improperly folded and assembled
Airbags · 5,079 vehicles
18V-713 Oct 11, 2018
Connection between the driveshaft and the flange may fail resulting in a loss of propulsion
Powertrain · 2,661 vehicles
17V-507 Aug 16, 2017
Emergency Locking Retractors (ELR) within the front seat belt assemblies may have been produced with incompatible vehicle-sensitive locking…
Seat belts · 67 vehicles
17V-115 Feb 23, 2017
Affected vehicles have seat-mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
Airbags · 292 vehicles
16V-914 Dec 20, 2016
Affected vehicles have seat- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
Airbags · 3,506 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.