FaultScore

Worst years for a BMW 330E

Owners have filed 62 complaints about the BMW 330E with NHTSA across model years 2016 to 2024. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2023 BMW 330E

10 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2018 BMW 330E

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every BMW 330E 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
2024 7 5 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 D 10 3 0 Electrical System
2022 4 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 9 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2018 B 10 0 0 77,218 Engine & Cooling
2017 C 19 0 0 18,000 Electrical System
2016 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a BMW 330E

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

Electrical System 14 22.6%

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 13 21.0%

Worst in 2017

Other & Unspecified 8 12.9%

Worst in 2017

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 11.3%

Worst in 2017

Brakes 5 8.1%

Worst in 2024

Fuel & Propulsion 3 4.8%

Worst in 2017

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 3 4.8%

Worst in 2024

Steering 2 3.2%

Worst in 2018

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 3.2%

Worst in 2016

Lights 2 3.2%

Worst in 2023

Body & Structure 1 1.6%

Worst in 2017

Tires 1 1.6%

Worst in 2017

Wheels 1 1.6%

Worst in 2017

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW 330E, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2016 peak 6 Aug 2026

Compare the BMW 330E

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