Recall · 21V062000
BMW of North America recalled 12 models over service brakes, hydraulic
893
Vehicles covered
12
Models
23
Model years
February 10, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020-2021 8 Series Coupe, Grand Coupe and convertible 840i, 840i xDrive, M850i xDrive, M8 and 740 Li, 740 Li xDrive, 750 Li xDrive, M760 Li xDrive, X6 sDrive40i, X6 xDrive40i, X6 xdrive50i, X6 M50i, X6M, and 2019-2021 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 xDrive50i, X5 M50i, X5M, X7 xDrive40i, X7 xDrive50i, X7 M50i, and 2021 M3, M3 Competition, M4 Coupe, M4 Competition Coupe, X5 xDrive45e, 745 Le xDrive. The rotor and shaft within the integrated brake system may not have been welded properly and could separate during a hard braking event, possibly resulting in a loss of the Antilock Brake System (ABS) and braking assistance.
- What it can cause
- A loss of ABS and a reduction in braking assistance can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the integrated brake system, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 25, 2021. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW740LI | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW745LE | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW750LI | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW840I | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWM3 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWM4 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWM760LI | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWM8 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWM850I | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMWX5 | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
| BMWX6 | 2020 to 2021 | 2020 |
| BMWX7 | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
How this campaign compares
At 893 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 39 times before this, most recently in August 2020 as 20V476000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 8 of the 23 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 549 complaints with NHTSA, 40 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 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 February 10, 2021 as campaign 21V062000. 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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