BMW M850iYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 2 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the BMW M850i.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints2Top: Engine and engine cooling Safety recalls62019–2023 model years

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

Best & worst years

BMW M850i 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 M850i median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2020Not rated–/1001 complaint · 4 recalls 2019Not rated–/1001 complaint · 3 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common BMW M850i problems

All model years combined: 2 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

1Engine and engine cooling

1Power train

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine and engine cooling	1	0
Power train	1	0

6 recalls

BMW M850i recalls

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

Electrical system: software23V-099 · 2023 · Feb 17, 2023 · 3,193 vehicles Sensing system: camera21V-096 · 2019–2021 · Feb 19, 2021 · 13,858 vehicles Service brakes, hydraulic21V-062 · 2020–2021 · Feb 10, 2021 · 893 vehicles Air bags20V-164 · 2020 · Mar 19, 2020 · 3,316 vehicles Sensing system: camera19V-684 · 2019–2020 · Sep 27, 2019 · 257,473 vehicles Engine19V-513 · 2019 · Jul 3, 2019 · 115 vehicles