Recall · 20V700000
BMW of North America recalled 2 models over fuel system, gasoline
49
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
November 12, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Z4 and 2020-2021 Toyota Supra vehicles. The weld between the fuel tank halves may have been insufficiently welded, causing the weld to fail.
- What it can cause
- The failed weld may allow fuel to leak, increasing the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371.
- 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 49 vehicles this is a small campaign: 78% 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 fuel system, gasoline 27 times before this, most recently in October 2020 as 20V666000. 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 41 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V636000 (electrical system), 21V598000 (engine), 21V554000 (seat belts).
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 12, 2020 as campaign 20V700000. 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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