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BMW 1 SERIES

2011 BMW 1 SERIES

2 safety recall campaigns, 44 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints44
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire4

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

23V7070002023-10-20

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Loose or broken VANOS unit bolts can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

10V2540002010-06-10

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

THE INSULATION AROUND THE PRE-TENSIONER COULD IGNITE.

What owners report most

  • 15AIR BAGS
  • 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 4ENGINE
  • 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 1EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2011 BMW 1 SERIESs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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