2020 BMW 530E

3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 2 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints2
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0

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 3 of 3

21V0960002021-02-19

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.

20V6010002020-09-30

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

The debris could result in a short-circuit, increasing the risk of fire or injury.

19V6840002019-09-27

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2020 BMW 530Es 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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