Factory build sheet

2014 BMW 328i

Build WBA3A5C5-E · 2L 4cyl · Sedan

VIN positions 1 through 8 read WBA3A5C5 and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every 328i whose VIN starts WBA3A5C5 and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 1 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by BMW with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.

Engine

Displacement
2 L
Cylinders
4
Horsepower
241 hp
Fuel type
Gasoline

Body & chassis

Body class
Sedan/Saloon
NHTSA body type
PASSENGER CAR
Doors
4
Series
3-Series
Manufacturer
BMW AG

Weight rating

GVWR class
Class 1
GVWR
6,000 lb or less

Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.

The same build, other model years

BMW used the VIN pattern WBA3A5C5 for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.

$7,999 2012 $9,000 2013 $10,736 2015

How this VIN pattern is read

A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.

Positions Characters What they encode
1–3 WBA BMW AG · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 3A5C5 Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 E Model year — 2014
11 × Assembly plant
12–17 ×××××× Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle

NHTSA safety ratings

Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2014 BMW 328i as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★★★ 5 / 5

8 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 328i. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

1 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to WBA3A5C5-E shares the specification above.

  • 1 Known VINs

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Where this data comes from

Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.

Vehicle counts come from the 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.