24V513000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2006 BMW 325XI
6 safety recall campaigns, 143 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints143
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire2
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 6 of 6
20V017000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
19V273000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
An electrical short can cause the parts within the PCV valve to melt, increasing the risk of a fire, even when the vehicle is not in use.
17V676000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
Wiring that overheats could cause the electrical connectors to melt, and increase the risk of a fire, even when the vehicle is unattended.
17V428000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.
13V564000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.
What owners report most
- 61AIR BAGS
- 14STEERING
- 11SEAT BELTS
- 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8SEATS
- 6AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- 5LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
- 4ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2006 BMW 325XIs 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.