Recall Register

BMW M6: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the BMW M6, model years 1988 to 2019. NHTSA has 13 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 13 model years have a page on this register.

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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. 19880
  2. 20060
  3. 20071
  4. 20081
  5. 20091
  6. 20101
  7. 20132
  8. 20141
  9. 20152
  10. 20161
  11. 20172
  12. 20181
  13. 20191
BMW M6: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2019 BMW M6 NHTSA page100%2,728
2018 BMW M6 NHTSA page100%2,728
2017 BMW M6200%6,234
2016 BMW M6 NHTSA page100%2,728
2015 BMW M6200%3,684
2014 BMW M6 NHTSA page11100%2,728
2013 BMW M6200%7,481
2010 BMW M6 NHTSA page100%367,682
2009 BMW M6 NHTSA page100%367,682
2008 BMW M6 NHTSA page11100%367,682
2007 BMW M6 NHTSA page17700%367,682
2006 BMW M6 NHTSA page02200%
1988 BMW M6 NHTSA page02200%

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

17 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 M6: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Steering294.15
Air Bags235.34
Power Train176.53
Fuel/Propulsion System117.62
Structure58.81
Electrical System58.81
Engine58.81

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW M6, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2012, with 2 campaigns.
Complaints about the BMW M6, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2015, with 3 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

BMW: all 250 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW M6: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/m6/. 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 M6 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2017 with 2, 2015 with 2, 2013 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW M6 model year has the most complaints?
The 2007 model year, with 7 of the 13 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW M6 name?
Steering: 5 component mentions. Air Bags: 4 component mentions. Power Train: 3 component mentions.