Recall Register

BMW 535XI: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the BMW 535XI, model years 2007 to 2014. NHTSA has 135 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 7 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. 20070
  2. 20080
  3. 20100
  4. 20110
  5. 20120
  6. 20131
  7. 20141
BMW 535XI: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2014 BMW 535XI NHTSA page100%13,443
2013 BMW 535XI NHTSA page1421%13,443
2012 BMW 535XI NHTSA page01893%
2011 BMW 535XI035181%
2010 BMW 535XI NHTSA page01578%
2008 BMW 535XI062321%
2007 BMW 535XI NHTSA page015%

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

208 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 535XI: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System129.827
Engine105.822
Fuel/Propulsion System10121
Air Bags96.220
Tires86.518
Power Train76.916
Wheels62.513
Exterior Lighting57.712
Seats43.39
Fuel System, Gasoline28.86

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW 535XI, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2015, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the BMW 535XI, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2014, with 25 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

BMW: all 250 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW 535XI: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/535xi/. 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
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
BMW of North America, LLC

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 535XI model years have the most recall campaigns?
2014 with 1, 2013 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW 535XI model year has the most complaints?
The 2008 model year, with 62 of the 135 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW 535XI name?
Electrical System: 129.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 105.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel/Propulsion System: 101 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW 535XI?
1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.