FaultScore

Worst years for a BMW 328

Owners have filed 125 complaints about the BMW 328 with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2013. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2011 BMW 328

51 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2012 BMW 328

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every BMW 328 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2013 C 12 1 0 64,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 A 10 0 0 52,400 Airbags
2011 D 51 3 2 60,000 Airbags
2010 3 0 0 Airbags
2009 D 24 3 0 71,000 Airbags
2008 B 11 0 1 Airbags
2007 B 14 0 0 99,500 Electrical System

What breaks on a BMW 328

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 33 26.4%

Worst in 2011

Electrical System 23 18.4%

Worst in 2011

Engine & Cooling 17 13.6%

Worst in 2011

Other & Unspecified 11 8.8%

Worst in 2011

Seat Belts 9 7.2%

Worst in 2011

Stability & Traction Control 5 4.0%

Worst in 2011

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 3.2%

Worst in 2011

Steering 4 3.2%

Worst in 2007

Fuel & Propulsion 4 3.2%

Worst in 2011

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 2.4%

Worst in 2013

Lights 3 2.4%

Worst in 2011

Seats 3 2.4%

Worst in 2011

Body & Structure 2 1.6%

Worst in 2011

Brakes 1 0.8%

Worst in 2009

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW 328, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2011 peak 9 Apr 2019

Compare the BMW 328

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.