26V438000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Fire increases the risk of injury.
2021 BMW 530I
8 safety recall campaigns, 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash3
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 6 of 8
26V056000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Fire increases the risk of injury.
25V636000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY
A short circuit in the starter relay may increase the risk of a fire.
21V554000
SEAT BELTS
During a crash, a seat belt retractor that does not function as intended increases the risk of injury.
21V096000
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.
21V046000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
A broken output shaft can lead to a loss of drive power or a rollaway condition in a parked vehicle (if the parking brake is not engaged), increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2ENGINE
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2AIR BAGS
- 2BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING
- 1VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
- 1SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 BMW 530Is 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.