24V608000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
2016 BMW 528I
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 104 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints104
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire8
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 4 of 4
16V914000
AIR BAGS
If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the seat-mounted air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
16V747000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
In the event of a crash where heavy braking is applied, the Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) may activate when the occupant is more forward in the seat, possibly increasing the risk of injury.
15V718000
CHILD SEAT
If the child seat is not properly attached to the lower anchors, it can increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 33ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 26ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 17ENGINE
- 5UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 3SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 BMW 528Is 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.