21V907000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of a fire.
2016 BMW 535D
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (2 open), 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations22 open
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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
21V586000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V755000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
The melting intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.
16V914000
AIR BAGS
If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the seat-mounted air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
15V718000
CHILD SEAT
If the child seat is not properly attached to the lower anchors, it can increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 4ENGINE
- 3FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1TIRES
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 BMW 535Ds 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.