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.
2011 BMW 328I
7 safety recall campaigns, 798 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints798
Complaints citing a crash31
Complaints citing a fire35
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 7
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.
17V683000
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.
14V176000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the bolts loosen or break the engine may have reduced power or stall. An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
13V044000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
If there is a loss of electrical power to the vehicle, the vehicle may unexpectedly stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 190ENGINE
- 161ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 122ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 90AIR BAGS
- 43UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 24POWER TRAIN
- 20FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 17EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 BMW 328Is 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.