11024227
Date: 2025-09-09. Type: Other. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
Protection Plate Return
2018 BMW M3 problems
NHTSA lists 9 complaints for the 2018 BMW M3, 0 of them mention a crash and 1 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-08.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as BMW M3.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 9
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 1
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- Investigations
- 0
- Open investigations
- 0
- Manufacturer communications
- 55
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 6 | 66.7% |
| ENGINE | 2 | 22.2% |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 2 | 22.2% |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 | 11.1% |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 | 11.1% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags
These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| fluid or fuel leak | 5 | 55.6% | 0.86 |
| electrical electronic | 1 | 11.1% | 0.63 |
| fire or overheating | 1 | 11.1% | 0.97 |
| mechanical failure | 1 | 11.1% | 0.99 |
| noise or comfort | 1 | 11.1% | 0.49 |
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | 7 | 77.8% | 0.90 |
| high | 1 | 11.1% | 0.62 |
| low | 1 | 11.1% | 0.37 |
Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 9 tagged complaints of 9 complaints (100.0%).
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
55 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | 23 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 13 |
| STEERING | 7 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 5 |
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY | 4 |
| POWER TRAIN | 3 |
| SUSPENSION | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 2 |
11013041
Date: 2025-01-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
A turbine-like noise can be heard from the rear axle while deceleration during the first 300 miles of operation when braking from low speed.
10249027
Date: 2024-01-11. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
The electrical system of BMW vehicles has been subject to an ongoing development process over the last few years. This has led to increased demands being placed on the battery. This document covers important information for the dealer on how to handle A A?A A A A discharged batteryA A?A A A A compl
10249016
Date: 2024-01-09. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SUSPENSION.
With the vehicle is on a lift and the front struts are in the extended position, there may be a cracking and orclicking type noise when turning the steering wheel left/right. See attached video V31 01 24. The sound can reoccur when the vehicle is lowered, and the wheels are once again under load. T
10249018
Date: 2024-01-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STEERING.
At low outside temperatures (below 40 degrees F) and slow driving speeds (i.e. when parking, maneuvering)with a large steering angle, the front end can be slightly axially misaligned. This can be felt (jerking)/ heard via an acoustic acknowledgement (clunk) as seen at the 11 second mark of the vide
10244237
Date: 2023-10-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC.
Functional noises (squealing/honking) when braking shortly before the vehicle comes to a stop. CAUSE Material-
10238081
Date: 2023-05-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STRUCTURE.
Upon opening and closing the tailgate, a creaking/groaning sound can be heard from tailgate actuator.
10238090
Date: 2023-05-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
After programming the head unit (HU-H2), activating the FSC (German word Freischaltcode) Enabling Codes repeatedly fails.
10235202
Date: 2023-03-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
Exterior rear lights do not work.
10235205
Date: 2023-03-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT.
The 3G network in the US has been shut down. This means that only the 4G network will be available. In the 4G network, voice calls will be transferred via the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) function. For this purpose, the SIM card must perform an IMS registration in the mobile communication network. Due to
Notes on this record
- Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
- System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
- Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
- A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| M3 | 9 |
Same model, other years
- 2000 M3: 0 complaints
- 2001 M3: 14 complaints
- 2002 M3: 40 complaints
- 2003 M3: 54 complaints
- 2004 M3: 31 complaints
- 2005 M3: 12 complaints
- 2006 M3: 14 complaints
- 2007 M3: 0 complaints
- 2008 M3: 82 complaints
- 2009 M3: 45 complaints
- 2010 M3: 15 complaints
- 2011 M3: 31 complaints
- 2012 M3: 6 complaints
- 2013 M3: 13 complaints
- 2014 M3: 0 complaints
- 2015 M3: 4 complaints
- 2016 M3: 5 complaints
- 2017 M3: 3 complaints
- 2018 M3 (current year): 9 complaints
- 2021 M3: 3 complaints
- 2022 M3: 1 complaints
- 2023 M3: 1 complaints
- 2024 M3: 0 complaints
- 2025 M3: 2 complaints
- 2026 M3: 0 complaints
Other BMW models, 2018
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