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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: BMW
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Germany
Major Industry: motor vehicles
Specific Industry: motor vehicles
Penalty total since 2000: $304,375,342
Number of records: 23
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
safety-related offenses$164,034,9005
environment-related offenses$117,945,05514
financial offenses$18,000,0001
employment-related offenses$2,229,8692
consumer-protection-related offenses$2,165,5181
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
product safety violation$161,000,0002
fuel economy (CAFE) violation$111,853,05512
accounting fraud or deficiencies$18,000,0001
environmental violation$6,000,0001
motor vehicle safety violation$3,000,0001
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page here.

Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
BMWproduct safety violation2017private lawsuit-federal$131,000,000
BMW of North Americaproduct safety violation2016private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2002NHTSA$27,985,925
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2001NHTSA$26,408,646
BMW AGaccounting fraud or deficiencies2020SEC$18,000,000
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2003NHTSA$14,066,124
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2006NHTSA$13,711,357
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2000NHTSA$13,147,250
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2005NHTSA$8,861,776
BMW of North America LLCenvironmental violation2024private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
BMWmotor vehicle safety violation2012NHTSA$3,000,000
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2006NHTSA$2,795,496
BMW Financial Services, N.A.consumer protection violation2018DOJ_RIGHTS$2,165,518
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2005NHTSA$1,676,752
BMW Manufacturing Co.employment discrimination2015EEOC$1,600,000
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2005NHTSA$1,497,991
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2001NHTSA$971,696
BMW Manufacturing Company, LLCwage and hour violation2006WHD$629,869
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2007NHTSA$456,637
BMWfuel economy (CAFE) violation2006NHTSA$273,405
BMW of North Americaair pollution violation2012CA-ARB$92,000
BMW MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLCworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$20,900
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLCaviation safety violation2013FAA$14,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.