BMW 640i

Owners filed 27 complaints across 8 model years of the BMW 640i. The 2014 drew the most (7).

Model years8
Complaints27
Recalls7
Fires1
Deaths0

Which BMW 640i years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW 640i 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 640i model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20192
1——WheelsRoutine
20185
2—1Electrical SystemRoutine
20170
1———Routine
20161
0——Structure › BodyRoutine
20155
1—1Electrical SystemRoutine
20147
0—2Structure › BodyRoutine
20136
0——EngineRoutine
20121
21—Electrical SystemRoutine

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