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BMW · Compact Sedan

2026 BMW M

Plug-in hybrid Gas
Subcompact Cars
12 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26
C
Safety Signal
72 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record
Recalls2 critical 2
Complaintsowner reports to NHTSA 0
Crash ratingnot rated by NHTSA —
Fuel economybest combined, EPA 19 mpg
202720262025202420232022202120202019201820172016

The 2026 BMW M is sold in the U.S. as a plug-in hybrid and gas compact sedan with 12 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the M2 Coupe, is EPA-rated at 19 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, 2 rated critical, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of C. The only manufacturer press kit on file for this year covers the M850i Edition M Heritage ($130,400), so it is not the starting price of the range.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →
TrimPowertrainDriveMSRPHPTorqueSeatsCargo (2nd row)Wheels
M850i Edition M HeritageGasAWD$130,400523 hp553 lb-ft515.5 cu-ft20 in

MSRP excludes destination. The only BMW press kit on file for the 2026 M covers the M850i Edition M Heritage alone; its price is not where the M range starts. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov
ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombRangekWh/100miCharge (240V)Annual fuel*
M5 SedanPlug-in hybridAWD4.4L 8-cyl turbo + 145 kW PMSM121914 (25 MPGe blended)29 mi electric552 h$5,850
M5 TouringPlug-in hybridAWD4.4L 8-cyl turbo + 145 kW PMSM111713 (22 MPGe blended)25 mi electric622 h$6,300
M2 CoupeGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M2 CoupeGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M2 Coupe CSGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M3 Competition SedanGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M3 SedanGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M4 Competition CoupeGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M4 CoupeGasRWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162319———$4,350
M3 Competition M xDrive SedanGasAWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162318———$4,550
M4 Competition M xDrive ConvertibleGasAWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162218———$4,550
M4 Competition M xDrive CoupeGasAWD3.0L 6-cyl turbo162318———$4,550

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 49757, 49758, 49198, 49199, 49200, 49238, 49237, 49210, 49209, 49239.

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Recalls (2)

Source: NHTSA recall database
!critical

Electrical System

58,713 vehicles 71% reported repaired
Problem BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 M5 Sportswagon, 2025-2026 M5, 2024-2025 750e xDrive, 2025-2026 550e xDrive, 2023-2025 I7, 2023-2025 7 Series, 2024-2026 i5, and 5 Series vehicles. The electrical wiring harness for the air conditioning system may become damaged during replacement of the cabin air filter. Risk A damaged wiring harness can short-circuit, increasing the risk of a fire. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace the air conditioning system’s electrical wiring harness and add a retaining strap/bracket to the harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 13, 2026.
Filed with NHTSADefect report PDFOwner letter PDFRemedy instructions PDF
NHTSA campaign 26V096000 reported Feb 19, 2026 BMW of North America, LLC the full filing, and every vehicle covered →
!critical

Electrical System

4 vehicles 100% reported repaired
Problem BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2026 M4 and 430i vehicles. The positive battery cables may not be properly connected to the power distribution box, resulting in an engine stall and a fire. Risk An engine stall increases the risk of a crash and a fire increases the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace cables and power distribution box as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 20, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 17, 2025.
Filed with NHTSADefect report PDFOwner letter PDF
NHTSA campaign 25V643000 reported Sep 25, 2025 BMW of North America, LLC the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific M

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2026 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. BMW publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →BMW’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2026 BMW M, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

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Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

No owner complaints on file with NHTSA for this model year.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

NHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.

Driver-assist crash reports (1)

Source: NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01
1report filed

1 severity unknown

Oct 2025 to Oct 2025 · 1 with an air bag deployment · 1 towed

What was engaged, and what was hit

System named: not named in the filings

Crash partner: Other 1

Filed by: BMW of North America, LLC

IncidentSystemStruckInjury allegedStateSpeedReport
Oct 2025Level 2OtherunknownNJ70 mph10039-13214

A report under the General Order is a notice the manufacturer or operator must file within days of hearing of a crash in which a Level 2 driver-assist or automated-driving system was engaged within 30 seconds of impact. It is filed before anything is verified, and entities with telematics hear of far more crashes than entities that rely on complaints, so counts say as much about the reporting as about the car and are not comparable across makes. Nothing is normalised by fleet size. Every report on file, by make and year → · NHTSA’s page and files

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications
Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 17
Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-08-19
Kindsas classified by NHTSA 11 service bulletins, 3 service campaigns, 2 others

Most often about: Electrical System, Engine, Service Brakes, Structure, Unknown Or Other.

  • B064226 Other
    2026-08-19 · Structure — Body
  • Bonnet Release Holder
  • B120326 Emissions
    2026-07-10 · Engine
  • Due to an implementation error in various OBD diagnostics in the vehicle's control units, in very rare cases itmay happen that stored fault memory codes (DTCs) and the MIL (warning light) are not automaticallydeleted even though the underlying malfunction has already been rectified. This does not comply with the statutory OBD specifications.
  • B062726 Other
    2026-04-21 · Engine
  • Expansion Tank Return
  • B240126 Service bulletin
    2026-04-17 · Electrical System
  • A possible “jerking” motion may arise when using the Parking Maneuver Assistant in purely electric mode in vehicles with 7 kW charging power and a programmed I-level starting from 25-03-500
  • B610324 Service bulletin
    2026-04-09 · Electrical System
  • Gen 5 BEV/PHEV vehicles may set the Combined Charging Unit (CCU) in programming abort due to no communication to the HV charge socket electronics.
  • B610326 Service bulletin
    2026-03-05 · Electrical System
  • Several complaints are possible: Vehicle does not start Gear cannot be engaged Various Check Control Messages Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) on Several Check Control messages are possible: “It is possible to continue driving. High-voltage system.” “You can continue driving. Drivetrain.” “Restart not possible. Drivetrain fault.” “Call Roadside Assistance. Drivetrain failure.” “Information: Total
  • B611925 Service bulletin
    2026-03-04 · Electrical System
  • The malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) is triggered by the erroneous fault code 031BFC- AC charging,charging electronics 2, internal fault: No internal capacitor discharge stored in the CCU. However, AC charging is operating as designed without a charging concern or issue. Affected PHEV vehicles have the CCU-03 (7.4 kW / 11 kW) with I-levels from …24-07-500 to …25-11-5xx.
  • B612325 Service bulletin
    2026-03-04 · Electrical System
  • The malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) is triggered and 0318E2 AC charging, charging electronics 1,component protection: Overload current on AC side fault may be stored during AC charging Level 1(120 VAC). Note: Despite the fault memory entry (and the malfunction indicator lamp), the AC charging process willcontinue operating as designed and there is no related drivability complaint. Affected PHEV (

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

M by model year

all years, side by side →
Year Safety Recalls Complaints
2027 A* 0 0 19 mpg2026 this page C 2 0 19 mpg2025 C 2 3 19 mpg2024 A 0 2 19 mpg2023 B 2 2 19 mpg2022 A 0 4 19 mpg2021 F 14 26 26 mpg2020 F 16 67 25 mpg2019 D 6 8 24 mpg2018 C 6 48 22 mpg2017 D 6 23 22 mpg2016 D 7 37 22 mpg

Common questions about the 2026 M

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2026 BMW M have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2026 BMW M, 2 of them rated critical. The most serious on file is 26V096000, covering Electrical System. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2026 BMW M?

NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2026 BMW M yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it C (72/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2026 BMW M?

Across the 12 EPA-rated configurations of the 2026 BMW M, the best EPA combined figure is 19 mpg (MPGe on the electrified versions). Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

Are there service bulletins for the 2026 BMW M?

The manufacturer has filed 17 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2026 BMW M, most often covering electrical system, engine, service brakes. The most recent is dated 2026-08-19. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

DataHeldSourceWhat it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations12 configurationsEPA certification recordsEvery configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificatesnoneEPA emission certificatesThe EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page.
Recalls2NHTSA recall campaignsA complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaintsnoneNHTSA complaint databaseNo owner has filed one. On a car that sold in small numbers this says very little either way.
Crash ratingsnoneNHTSA NCAPNHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe.
Service bulletins17NHTSA manufacturer communicationsEverything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
InvestigationsnoneNHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationNo defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports1NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01Crashes the manufacturer or operator reported with a Level 2 or automated-driving system engaged. Notices, filed before verification; not comparable across makes.
Specifications filed with NHTSAnoneNHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patternsWe had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment1 trimsManufacturer press kitTranscribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Where to go next

pages beside this one
Ranking Safest 2026 compact sedans Every compact sedan of this model year by NHTSA recall record, best first.Report card Every 2026 vehicle graded C The 2026 model year graded A–F; this one sits in the C group.Other years The 2027 M The M model year with the cleanest record on file — grade A, 0 recalls.Recall Watch Watch this M by VIN Give it the VIN and you hear the night a campaign is filed — from $29 a month for a lot, free for ten.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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