Kawasaki Kawasaki vs BMW 320I

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Kawasaki Kawasaki	BMW 320I
Complaints on file	102	247
Model years covered	1990–2003	1978–2018
Worst model year	2002	2014
Best model year	1995	2013
Crashes reported	10	36
Fires reported	10	8
Injuries reported	14	24
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	33.3%	27.5%

Kawasaki Kawasaki by year

1 4 2 2 1 14 8 6 5 16 11 6 17 9

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 24 23.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 14 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 9.8%

Electrical System 10 9.8%

Suspension 9 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 8.8%

Steering 5 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 5 4.9%

BMW 320I by year

3 1 6 1 1 2 5 13 80 46 40 13 36

78 79 80 82 02 04 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 47 19.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 29 11.7%

Electrical System 27 10.9%

Airbags 25 10.1%

Other & Unspecified 23 9.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 17 6.9%

Brakes 17 6.9%

Lights 14 5.7%