BMW 540i Recalls & Problems by Year

Owner complaints by model year

Recalls by model year

The red bar marks the 2018 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
2025 BMW 540i	0	1	0	n/a
2024 BMW 540i	1	5	1	n/a
2023 BMW 540i	1	6	2	n/a
2022 BMW 540i	1	6	1	n/a
2021 BMW 540i	6	9	1	n/a
2020 BMW 540i	5	3	0	n/a
2019 BMW 540i	1	12	2	n/a
2018 BMW 540i	2	31	3	n/a
2017 BMW 540i	1	20	0	n/a
2003 BMW 540i	2	7	0	n/a
2002 BMW 540i	2	12	1	n/a
2001 BMW 540i	4	15	1	n/a
2000 BMW 540i	2	31	1	n/a
1999 BMW 540i	1	22	1	n/a
1998 BMW 540i	1	26	0	n/a
1997 BMW 540i	0	27	0	n/a
1995 BMW 540i	2	10	1	n/a
1994 BMW 540i	4	8	0	n/a
1993 BMW 540i	1	0	0	n/a
1992 BMW 540i	1	0	0	n/a
1991 BMW 540i	1	0	0	n/a
1990 BMW 540i	1	0	0	n/a

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