BMW 335i

Which BMW 335i years should you avoid?

Going by 811 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the BMW 335i years to avoid are 2007 and 2008.

• 2007288 complaints, 3.1× a typical 335i year, most often about the fuel system.
• 2008201 complaints, 2.2× a typical 335i year, most often about the fuel 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 →