24V608000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
2015 BMW 428I
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 124 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints124
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire7
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.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
24V527000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.
24V288000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
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.
15V189000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V148000
AIR BAGS
If the driver's front air bag deployment timing is incorrect, there is an increased risk of personal injury in the event of a vehicle crash.
What owners report most
- 35ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 26ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10ENGINE
- 7AIR BAGS
- 6SERVICE BRAKES
- 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 BMW 428Is 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.