Recall · 20V185000
BMW of North America recalled the BMW 328D over power train
8,536
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
March 26, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2013-2016 328d xDrive sedans and 2013-2015 328d xDrive station wagon vehicles. The constant-velocity joint which transfers power between the transfer case and the rear drive shaft, may become damaged, possibly resulting in loss of power to the rear wheels.
- What it can cause
- A loss of power to the rear wheels can affect vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the vehicle is parked after a loss of power to the rear wheels and the parking brake is not engaged, unintended rollaway can occur, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the constant-velocity joint and inspect the transfer case, replacing it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began May 22, 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 8,536 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2013 to 2016, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the power train 31 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V165000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 188 complaints with NHTSA, 70 of them before this campaign was filed. 19 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2014, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 24V527000 (air bags), 24V288000 (air bags), 21V907000 (fuel system, diesel), 21V586000 (fuel system, diesel).
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 March 26, 2020 as campaign 20V185000. 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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