24V588000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
An EGR valve with smoldering particles and a melting intake manifold increases the risk of an engine fire.
2018 BMW 540D
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 4 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints4
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 4 of 4
22V614000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of fire.
19V684000
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.
18V465000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
A vehicle stall can increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 2ENGINE
- 1AIR BAGS
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 BMW 540Ds 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.