Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
Too new to rank against other BMW Z4 years; complaints take a few years to arrive. Which BMW Z4 years to avoid →
1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the engine.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
JUL 08, 2026 |Recall Campaign No.26V-438 Engine Starter Status: Remedy Unavailable Last Updated: Oct 05, 2026 Safety risk and the company has no ETA. I am paying for an unsafe vehicle that could have a thermal event while the vehicle is running.
All 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2006 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2005 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 411 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Above average |
| 2003 | 414 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Above average |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.