2014 BMW 550I

2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints6
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 2 of 2

24V5270002024-07-11

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.

15V1880002015-03-31

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

The vehicle may be less visible to other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 2AIR BAGS
  • 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 1ENGINE
  • 1STEERING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2014 BMW 550Is 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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