Recall · 20V678000
BMW of North America recalled 4 models over suspension
83
Vehicles covered
4
Models
5
Model years
November 4, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 X5 sDrive40i, xDrive40i, X5 M50i, X5M, X7 xDrive40i, X7 M50i, X6 xDrive40i, X6 M50i and X6M vehicles and 2021 X5 xDrive45e vehicles. The weld between the front axle support and the right front control arm bearing bracket may separate.
- What it can cause
- If the weld between the front axle support and the right front control arm bearing bracket separates, vehicle handling and control may be affected, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front axle support, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 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 83 vehicles this is a small campaign: 72% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, 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 suspension 22 times before this, most recently in September 2019 as 19V678000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 270 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 8 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 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 November 4, 2020 as campaign 20V678000. 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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