2016 BMW 2 Series — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 40 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system13 (32.5%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2014–2025.
• Engine9 (22.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2014–2025.
• Brakes3 (7.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2018–2021.
• Lights3 (7.5%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2018–2026.
• Seat belts3 (7.5%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2020–2026.
• Fuel system2 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2014–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (2.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (236 records, model years 2014–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and tires & wheels.
• Transport Canada recalls (69 records, model years 2014–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, lights and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (2,585 records, model years 2014–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2014 348 records for 2014 348
2. 2015 381 records for 2015 381
3. 2016 342 records for 2016 342
4. 2017 272 records for 2017 272
5. 2018 191 records for 2018 191
6. 2019 68 records for 2019 68
7. 2020 166 records for 2020 166
8. 2021 143 records for 2021 143
9. 2022 81 records for 2022 81
10. 2023 74 records for 2023 74
11. 2024 50 records for 2024 50
12. 2025 55 records for 2025 55
13. 2026 18 records for 2026 18

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 1mention a fire

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 1
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 311
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 26

Explore the underlying evidence records