BMW 735i

Owners filed 13 complaints across 6 model years of the BMW 735i. The 1992 drew the most (6).

Model years6
Complaints13
Recalls11
Fires1
Deaths0

Which BMW 735i years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW 735i 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 735i model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19951
1——Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodRoutine
19940
1———Routine
19930
1———Routine
19926
31—Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling SystemRoutine
19912
3——Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling SystemRoutine
19904
2——Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling SystemRoutine

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