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BMW 330Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 4 owner complaints and 3 safety recalls on record for the BMW 330.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints4Top: Air bagsSafety recalls32000–2011 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

BMW 330 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 330 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2011Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2010Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2009Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2008Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2007Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2006Not rated–/1003 complaints · 1 recall2002Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls2001Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2000Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common BMW 330 problems

All model years combined: 4 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Air bags32
Electrical system10
Engine10
Structure11
3 recalls

BMW 330 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

37%Driver side: inflator module19V-698 · 2000–2002 · Oct 2, 2019 · 3,924 vehiclesDo not drive24%Driver side: inflator module17V-047 · 2000–2002 · Jan 20, 2017 · 230,117 vehiclesDo not drive47%Driver side: inflator module16V-071 · 2006–2011 · Feb 5, 2016 · 840,000 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the 330

  1. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2006–2011 · still open
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