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BMW Z8

Every BMW Z8 model year on file, 2000 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years71 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32000 to 2002
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins27Summed across model years
By model year

The 2001 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 57% of the model's total

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

012342000200142002
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 Z8 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting
4
Structure
2
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW Z8 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 Z8 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2002Convertible30.050007
2001Convertible425.036207
2000Not decoded0NoneNone0013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW Z8

  • 02V-138 May 16, 2002
    On certain passenger vehicles, the engine auxiliary/cooling fan operation, including variable speed, is electronically controlled
    Engine and cooling · 1,550 vehicles
  • 01V-206 Jun 21, 2001
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Engine and cooling · 76k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.