BMW 850
Owners filed 13 complaints across 5 model years of the BMW 850. The 1997 drew the most (7); the 1996 the fewest (1).
Model years5
Complaints13
Recalls0
Fires1
Deaths0
Every BMW 850 model year compared
Complaints per yearWhich BMW 850 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1997 is the weakest year on record, with 7 complaints concentrated in the air bags › frontal.
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.