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BMW 735IL Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 3 model years of the BMW 735IL (1990–1992). The most-complained-about year is 1990.

2
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
1991
year with most recalls
1990
year with most complaints

Pick your BMW 735IL model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1992 BMW 735IL20
1991 BMW 735IL21
1990 BMW 735IL11

What BMW 735IL owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 1990 model year has the most, with 1.

All BMW 735IL recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a BMW 735IL, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 96V111000 Reported 180,000 vehicles potentially affected BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

    The brake light switch can fail allowing the switch to remain in the "brake lights off" position or in the "brake lights on" position.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the existing brake light switch with a newly designed switch.

    Model years: 1990, 1991, 1992

  2. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 96V110000 Reported 75,000 vehicles potentially affected BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

    The air bag contact ring locking tab located in the steering wheel assembly can break without warning.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the locking tab with one of a different design.

    Model years: 1991, 1992

Other BMW models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.