18V713000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
A loss of vehicle propulsion can increase the risk of a crash.
2016 BMW M3
3 safety recall campaigns, 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints7
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
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 3 of 3
16V653000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
Loose rear sub-frame bolts may adversely affect vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V782000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
If the slip-joint fails, there would be a loss of power to the rear axle and therefore the vehicle would stop moving, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 3ENGINE
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 BMW M3s 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.