1985 BMW 325e Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1985 BMW 325e. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
TIRES
1
1crashes2injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
1
Total complaints4

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Traveling in fast heavy traffic at approximately 70 mph when the instrument cluster failed. Thus speed was unknown until the police pulled me over for exceeding the speed limit by 25 mph. After 5 speeding tickets and suspension of my license I parked the car and my dad replaced the parts from a…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2005-05-23

“Traveling in fast heavy traffic at approximately 70 mph when the instrument cluster failed. Thus speed was unknown until the police pulled me over for exceeding the speed limit by 25 mph. After 5 speeding tickets and suspension of my license I parked the car and my dad replaced the parts from a…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2005-05-23

“Purchased 4 brigestone tires #1956041 br eager bw 85h on december 7, 2003. Had 1 fail the next day which I replaced with my spare. That same day december 8th another of the new tires blew out causing me to loose control of the vechicle and go into another lane where I was struck by a vechicle head…”

TIRES · reported 2003-12-08

“Recall 93v015000;while driving consumer heard a loud noise coming from engine compartment. Steam and smoke appeared, and hot fluid was leaking into the passenger compartment onto driver's side legs. Dealer refused to correct. Please provide any further details.*ak”

VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE

Defect investigations

Investigation EA90002 Opened 1989-10-12 · closed 1990-10-30

MSTR CYL FAILS TO RELEASE

There is no summary currently available

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1985 BMW 325e as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.