BMW M3 Recalls & Problems by Year

Owner complaints by model year

Recalls by model year

The red bar marks the 2008 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 M3	0	2	0	n/a
2023 BMW M3	1	1	1	n/a
2022 BMW M3	0	1	0	n/a
2021 BMW M3	3	3	0	n/a
2018 BMW M3	0	9	0	n/a
2017 BMW M3	2	3	0	n/a
2016 BMW M3	3	5	0	n/a
2015 BMW M3	3	4	0	n/a
2014 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a
2013 BMW M3	2	13	2	n/a
2012 BMW M3	3	6	0	n/a
2011 BMW M3	4	31	0	n/a
2010 BMW M3	4	15	1	n/a
2009 BMW M3	5	45	1	n/a
2008 BMW M3	5	82	4	n/a
2007 BMW M3	3	0	0	n/a
2006 BMW M3	5	14	0	n/a
2005 BMW M3	3	12	0	n/a
2004 BMW M3	3	31	0	n/a
2003 BMW M3	5	54	3	n/a
2002 BMW M3	5	40	2	n/a
2001 BMW M3	4	14	1	n/a
2000 BMW M3	2	0	0	n/a
1999 BMW M3	1	11	3	n/a
1998 BMW M3	1	14	2	n/a
1997 BMW M3	2	19	3	n/a
1996 BMW M3	1	1	0	n/a
1995 BMW M3	4	12	2	n/a
1994 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a
1993 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a
1992 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a
1991 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a
1990 BMW M3	1	0	0	n/a

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