FaultScore report

2024 BMW 330E problems

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 2024 BMW 330E with NHTSA between 2024 and 2026. The largest single group is the engine & cooling. Across this model's run it ranks 3 of 5 worst.

D

64/100

CleanWorst

Measured against the other years of the BMW 330E, never against another car.

How this is worked out

The numbers

10

Complaints

8

Crashes reported

0

Fires reported

3

Injuries reported

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

Complaint volume 42 vs 50 Severity 100 vs 50 Early failure not reported
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 42
Against the median year of the BMW 330E. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 100
110% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — not reported
Too few complaints recorded a mileage to measure this.

How 2024 compares with every other BMW 330E

Click any bar 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

What breaks on a 2024 BMW 330E

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Engine & Cooling 3 30.0%

3 crashes, 0 fires

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 2 20.0%
Brakes 2 20.0%

2 crashes, 0 fires

Other & Unspecified 1 10.0%

1 crashes, 0 fires

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 10.0%

1 crashes, 0 fires

Electrical System 1 10.0%

1 crashes, 0 fires

When owners complained

A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.

Mar 2024 peak 3 Sep 2026

Complaints that involved harm

Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.

Clyde, TX Crash

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Clyde, TX Crash

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Clyde, TX Crash

ENGINE

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Hockessin, DE Crash

ENGINE

Yesterday 4pm try to park my car at infront of grage door i have been slow down with touch break pedal. But this car won't stop at all so this car hit home grage door and and side stone decorations.

NHTSA complaint #11700260 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Hockessin, DE Crash

SERVICE BRAKES

Yesterday 4pm try to park my car at infront of grage door i have been slow down with touch break pedal. But this car won't stop at all so this car hit home grage door and and side stone decorations.

NHTSA complaint #11700260 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Philadelphia, PA Crash 1 injured

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I was in electric mode pulling slowly into a parking garage parking space this was a rental car from National. As I pulled in the car lights came on and the car accelerated and crashed me into the cement wall of the parking garage, the brakes would not stop the car. There was damage to the front but the air bags did not deploy. I called National to have the car towed. I see there are several reports of this happening with BMW.

NHTSA complaint #11577048 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Clyde, TX Crash

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Clyde, TX Crash

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Clyde, TX Crash

ENGINE

Uncontrollable acceleration that caused a crash, bmw checked the vehicle and claimed nothing wrong even tho i have video proof recreating the problem.

NHTSA complaint #11763898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Hockessin, DE Crash

ENGINE

Yesterday 4pm try to park my car at infront of grage door i have been slow down with touch break pedal. But this car won't stop at all so this car hit home grage door and and side stone decorations.

NHTSA complaint #11700260 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Hockessin, DE Crash

SERVICE BRAKES

Yesterday 4pm try to park my car at infront of grage door i have been slow down with touch break pedal. But this car won't stop at all so this car hit home grage door and and side stone decorations.

NHTSA complaint #11700260 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Newbury Park, CA

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

Since the purchase of my vehicle, 07/01/2024: When in reverse vehicle does not issue audible warning alerts for other vehicles, objects or pedestrians crossing or approaching behind or from the side. Additionally, no audible warning alerts in the front as the vehicle approaches objects such as trees, vehicles parked in space opposite or persons darting in front of the car.

NHTSA complaint #11605457 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Newbury Park, CA

BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING

Since the purchase of my vehicle, 07/01/2024: When in reverse vehicle does not issue audible warning alerts for other vehicles, objects or pedestrians crossing or approaching behind or from the side. Additionally, no audible warning alerts in the front as the vehicle approaches objects such as trees, vehicles parked in space opposite or persons darting in front of the car.

NHTSA complaint #11605457 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Philadelphia, PA Crash 1 injured

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I was in electric mode pulling slowly into a parking garage parking space this was a rental car from National. As I pulled in the car lights came on and the car accelerated and crashed me into the cement wall of the parking garage, the brakes would not stop the car. There was damage to the front but the air bags did not deploy. I called National to have the car towed. I see there are several reports of this happening with BMW.

NHTSA complaint #11577048 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Philadelphia, PA Crash 1 injured

ENGINE

I was in electric mode pulling slowly into a parking garage parking space this was a rental car from National. As I pulled in the car lights came on and the car accelerated and crashed me into the cement wall of the parking garage, the brakes would not stop the car. There was damage to the front but the air bags did not deploy. I called National to have the car towed. I see there are several reports of this happening with BMW.

NHTSA complaint #11577048 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Philadelphia, PA Crash 1 injured

SERVICE BRAKES

I was in electric mode pulling slowly into a parking garage parking space this was a rental car from National. As I pulled in the car lights came on and the car accelerated and crashed me into the cement wall of the parking garage, the brakes would not stop the car. There was damage to the front but the air bags did not deploy. I called National to have the car towed. I see there are several reports of this happening with BMW.

NHTSA complaint #11577048 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.