Recall · 21V298000
BMW of North America recalled 4 models over seat belts
12
Vehicles covered
4
Models
4
Model years
April 28, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2021 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M3, and 330e xDrive vehicles. The bolt securing the seat belt assembly to the frame was not tightened to specification.
- What it can cause
- An improperly installed seat belt assembly may not restrain an occupant as expected, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat belt buckle assembly connection and, if necessary, replace it, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 12 vehicles this is a small campaign: 90% 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 one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 7 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V164000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 10 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V636000 (electrical system), 23V584000 (seat belts), 23V211000 (seats).
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 April 28, 2021 as campaign 21V298000. 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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