Recall · 20V052000
BMW of North America recalled the BMW X7 over exterior lighting
683
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
January 30, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 X7 xDrive40i and X7 xDrive50i vehicles. The rear reflex reflectors may not reflect an adequate amount of light. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- An inadequate amount of reflected light will decrease the vehicle's visibility to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace both rear reflex reflectors, free of charge. The recall began March 30, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| BMWX7 | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 683 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 54% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 12 times before this, most recently in November 2019 as 19V850000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 52 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 9 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V644000 (electrical system), 24V576000 (electrical system), 22V670000 (seats), 22V267000 (visibility).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by BMW of North America, LLC with NHTSA on January 30, 2020 as campaign 20V052000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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