1990 BMW 325i Recalls
No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1990 BMW 325i. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Complaints by component
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“Air-bag deployment for no apparent reason. *tr”
“A month ago, resuming the cruise setting on the cruise control resulted in the speed just accelerating to way beyond the cruise speed. Tried to take it out of gear resulting in the engine just revving up. Put it back into gear and it continued racing and accelerating. The only way was to hit the…”
“Consumer put on seatbelt, started the car put in reverse, and car jerked and took off backwards very fast. Went across to yards, and still rmp's were revving very high. Vehicle crashed into a tree on drivers side. Car had to be towed. Mechanic said that throttle was not stuck. Also, brakes would…”
“Driving the vehicle the check engine light comes on and the engine cuts out for a second as well the the gauges on the right side of the cluster fail. I have had the vehicle to three diffrent mechanics two bmw specialist and one and authorized dealer and none have been able to locate the cause of…”
“Consumer's cruise control would not disengage, auto was traveling approx. 65-70 mph. Consumer finally slammed on brakes and was able to pull the auto to the shoulder, and after sitting with both feet on brakes while auto was still revving and accelerating. -she then was finally able to put auto in…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1990 BMW 325i as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.