BMW 3 Series Recalls & Problems by Year

Owner complaints by model year

Recalls by model year

The red bar marks the 2006 model, the year owners complained about most. Hover a bar for the exact number; the table below lists every year.

Year	Recalls	Owner complaints	Crashes	Safety rating
2023 BMW 3 Series	1	0	0	n/a
2013 BMW 3 Series	0	21	2	n/a
2012 BMW 3 Series	3	7	0	n/a
2011 BMW 3 Series	2	1	0	n/a
2010 BMW 3 Series	2	30	1	n/a
2009 BMW 3 Series	1	53	4	n/a
2008 BMW 3 Series	2	68	0	n/a
2007 BMW 3 Series	1	115	6	n/a
2006 BMW 3 Series	3	202	6	n/a
2005 BMW 3 Series	0	25	1	n/a
2004 BMW 3 Series	0	77	1	n/a
2003 BMW 3 Series	0	73	3	n/a
2002 BMW 3 Series	0	26	1	n/a
2001 BMW 3 Series	1	36	1	n/a
2000 BMW 3 Series	1	88	3	n/a
1999 BMW 3 Series	1	6	0	n/a
1998 BMW 3 Series	0	3	0	n/a
1997 BMW 3 Series	0	5	0	n/a
1996 BMW 3 Series	0	2	1	n/a
1995 BMW 3 Series	0	3	1	n/a
1994 BMW 3 Series	0	1	0	n/a

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