16V746000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
The loose wires may cause the connector to melt, resulting in a fuel leak. Additionally, the fuel pump may stop working, possibly causing an engine stall and increase the risk of a crash.
2012 BMW 535I
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints86
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire3
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 12FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 11ENGINE
- 10POWER TRAIN
- 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4STEERING
- 4EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 3FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 BMW 535Is 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.