FaultScore

BMW 530IA problems

Owners have filed 34 complaints about the BMW 530IA with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 2003. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Every BMW 530IA 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
2003 15 1 2 96,000 Airbags
2002 5 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 11 0 5 125,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1994 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a BMW 530IA

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

Airbags 11 32.4%

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 10 29.4%

Worst in 2001

Transmission & Drivetrain 6 17.6%

Worst in 2001

Seats 3 8.8%

Worst in 1994

Electrical System 2 5.9%

Worst in 2001

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 2.9%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 1 2.9%

Worst in 2003

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW 530IA, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 1998 peak 4 Jan 2020

Compare the BMW 530IA

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