8 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 235 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.
An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
If the side marker lights do not illuminate, the vehicle may be less visible at night, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.
Two 2014 BMW 328Is can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.