BMW 328Xi
Owners filed 460 complaints across 11 model years of the BMW 328Xi. The 2007 drew the most (198).
Which BMW 328Xi years should you avoid?
Going by 460 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the BMW 328Xi years to avoid are 2007.
- 2007198 complaints, 2.4× a typical 328Xi year, most often about the electrical system.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 328Xi model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2015 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2014 | 17 | 3 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2013 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2011 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 99 | 3 | 18 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2007Avoid | 198 | 4 | 11 | 6 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes, Air | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.