BMW 545i

Owners filed 122 complaints across 2 model years of the BMW 545i. The 2005 drew the most (78); the 2004 the fewest (44).

Model years2

Complaints122

Recalls0

Fires4

Deaths0

Every BMW 545i model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Relative volume	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2005	78		0	1	2	Air Bags	Routine
2004	44		0	3	1	Air Bags	Routine

Which BMW 545i years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2005 is the weakest year on record, with 78 complaints concentrated in the air bags.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

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