Recall · 21V096000
BMW of North America recalled 21 models over back over prevention
13,858
Vehicles covered
21
Models
49
Model years
February 19, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2021 X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i, X3M, X4 xDrive30i, X4 M40i, M550i, X4M, X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 xDrive50i, X5M, X5 M50i, X7 xDrive40i, X7 xDrive50i, X7 M50i, Alpina XB7, 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, and 8 Series Coupe, Convertible and Grand Coupe, 840i, 840i xDrive, M850i xDrive, M8, 2020-2021 530e, 530e xDrive, 330e, 330e xDrive, 745Le, 745Le xDrive, X5 xDrive45e, X3 xDrive30e, X6 sDrive40i, X6 xDrive40i, X6 xDrive50i, X6 M50i, X6M, 530i, 530i xDrive, 540i, 540i xDrive, M550i xDrive, M5, 740i, 740Li, 740Li xDrive, M760i Drive, M760Li xDrive, 750Li xDrive Alpina, Alpina B7 xDrive, and 2021 4 Series Coupe 430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive vehicles. When shifting into Reverse, a small portion of the rearview image may be obscured, or the screen may not illuminate. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."
- What it can cause
- If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rearview camera software and update it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 16, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW 330E | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 330I | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
| BMW 430I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 530E | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 530I | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| BMW 540I | 2020 to 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 740I | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 745LE | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 750LI | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 840I | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M340I | 2019 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| BMW M440I | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M550I | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M760I | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M8 | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M850I | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW X3 | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
| BMW X4 | 2019 to 2021 | 20192020 |
| BMW X5 | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
| BMW X6 | 2020 to 2021 | 2020 |
| BMW X7 | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
How this campaign compares
At 13,858 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 82% of the 14,690 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 491. 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 back over prevention 3 times before this, most recently in September 2020 as 20V598000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 24 of the 49 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,269 complaints with NHTSA, 113 of them before this campaign was filed. 36 of those name the back over prevention, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2018, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 42 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V525000 (power train), 26V438000 (electrical system), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V644000 (electrical system).
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 19, 2021 as campaign 21V096000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2021-02-19.
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