15V188000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
The vehicle may be less visible to other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
2013 BMW 535I
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 59 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints59
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire4
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
- 13ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 9ENGINE
- 8EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 5AIR BAGS
- 3FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 3SUSPENSION
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 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.