Recall Register

BMW 325: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the BMW 325, model years 1984 to 2012. NHTSA has 178 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 26 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19841
  2. 19852
  3. 19863
  4. 19872
  5. 19882
  6. 19892
  7. 19902
  8. 19913
  9. 19923
  10. 19933
  11. 19941
  12. 19950
  13. 19960
  14. 19970
  15. 19980
  16. 19990
  17. 20002
  18. 20012
  19. 20022
  20. 20061
  21. 20071
  22. 20081
  23. 20091
  24. 20101
  25. 20111
  26. 20121
BMW 325: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2012 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2011 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2010 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2009 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2008 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2007 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2006 BMW 325 NHTSA page100%840,000
2002 BMW 325213190%234,041
2001 BMW 325222321%234,041
2000 BMW 325200%234,041
1999 BMW 325 NHTSA page0115%
1998 BMW 325 NHTSA page0344%
1997 BMW 325 NHTSA page0115%
1996 BMW 325 NHTSA page0458%
1995 BMW 325 NHTSA page022321%
1994 BMW 325 NHTSA page124351%57,000
1993 BMW 32538117%548,300
1992 BMW 325323336%513,716
1991 BMW 3253688%494,242
1990 BMW 3252688%491,300
1989 BMW 325211161%491,300
1988 BMW 32527102%376,256
1987 BMW 325215219%472,300
1986 BMW 32538117%592,561
1985 BMW 3252115%495,261
1984 BMW 325 NHTSA page1344%375,000

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

230 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

BMW 325: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling160.937
Air Bags117.427
Visibility108.725
Power Train73.917
Vehicle Speed Control65.215
Service Brakes, Hydraulic60.914
Fuel System, Gasoline56.513
Electrical System56.513
Structure56.513
Seats43.510

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW 325, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1992, with 2 campaigns.
Complaints about the BMW 325, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 39 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

BMW: all 244 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW 325: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/325/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which BMW 325 model years have the most recall campaigns?
1993 with 3, 1992 with 3, 1991 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW 325 model year has the most complaints?
The 1994 model year, with 24 of the 178 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW 325 name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 160.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 117.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 108.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW 325?
11 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.