Worst years for a BMW 330E

Owners have filed 67 complaints about the BMW 330E with NHTSA across model years 2016 to 2024. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2021 BMW 330E

10 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

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 D 10 8 0 — Engine & Cooling
2023 D 10 3 0 — Electrical System
2022 — 4 1 0 — Engine & Cooling
2021 D 10 0 0 — Engine & Cooling
2018 B 10 0 0 77,218 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 20 0 0 18,000 Engine & Cooling
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.

Engine & Cooling 16 23.9%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 15 22.4%

Worst in 2017

Other & Unspecified 8 11.9%

Worst in 2017

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 10.4%

Worst in 2017

Brakes 5 7.5%

Worst in 2024

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 4.5%

Worst in 2016

Fuel & Propulsion 3 4.5%

Worst in 2017

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 3 4.5%

Worst in 2024

Steering 2 3.0%

Worst in 2018

Lights 2 3.0%

Worst in 2023

Body & Structure 1 1.5%

Worst in 2017

Tires 1 1.5%

Worst in 2017

Wheels 1 1.5%

Worst in 2017

Complaints filed over time

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

Dec 2016 peak 6 Sep 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.