BMW 325Is

Owners filed 39 complaints across 4 model years of the BMW 325Is. The 1993 drew the most (16).

Model years4
Complaints39
Recalls12
Fires0
Deaths0

Which BMW 325Is years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW 325Is model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every BMW 325Is model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19955
2—1Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling SystemRoutine
199410
3—1Air BagsRoutine
199316
3—1Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling SystemRoutine
19928
4——Structure › Frame and MembersRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.