Recall · 21V554000
BMW of North America recalled 26 models over seat belts
21,537
Vehicles covered
26
Models
26
Model years
July 21, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2021 2 Series (230i, 230i xDrive, M240i, M240i xDrive), 330e, 330e Xdrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive) M4 Coupe, M4 Competition Coupe, BMW 4 Series Convertible (430i, M440i), BMW X1 sDrive28i, xDrive28i, 2 Series Gran Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive, M235i xDrive), M2 Competition Coupe, 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, M3, M3 Competition, 530i, 530i xDrive, 540i, 540i xDrive, MINI Hardtop 2 Door (Cooper, CooperS, JCW), X2 sDrive28i, X2 xDrive28i, X2 M35i, Z4 sDrive30i, Z4 M40i, MINI Hardtop 2 Door (Cooper SE), MINI Convertible (Cooper, Cooper S, JCW), MINI Clubman (Cooper S, Cooper S All4, JCW), MINI Countryman (Cooper, Cooper All4, Cooper S, Cooper S All4, JCW All4), Rolls Royce Ghost, MINI Countryman (Cooper S E All4), Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, and Toyota Supra vehicles. The passenger seat belt Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) may deactivate early, before the webbing fully retracts. As such, these assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- During a crash, a seat belt retractor that does not function as intended increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the seat belt retractors (including the seat belts) and, if necessary, replace the retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 3, 2021. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417; 1-866-825-1525 (MINI); 1-877-877-3735 (Rolls Royce); and 1-888-270-9371 (Toyota).
- 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.nhtsa.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 228I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 230I | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 330E | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW 330I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 430I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 530I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW 540I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW M2 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M235I | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M240I | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M3 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M340I | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW M4 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW M440I | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW X1 | 2021 | 2021 |
| BMW X2 | 2021 | Not published here |
| BMW Z4 | 2021 | Not published here |
| MINI Cooper | 2021 | Not published here |
| MINI Cooper S | 2021 | Not published here |
| MINI Cooper S Clubman | 2021 | Not published here |
| MINI Cooper SE | 2021 | Not published here |
| MINI Countryman | 2021 | Not published here |
| Rolls-Royce Cullinan | 2021 | Not published here |
| Rolls-Royce Ghost | 2021 | Not published here |
| Rolls-Royce Phantom | 2021 | Not published here |
| Toyota Supra | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 21,537 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 85% of the 15,138 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 487. 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.
Toyota vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 12 times before this, most recently in December 2019 as 19V877000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 10 of the 26 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 135 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 7 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 26 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V525000 (power train), 26V438000 (electrical system), 26V143000 (seat belts), 26V056000 (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 July 21, 2021 as campaign 21V554000. 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 2021-07-21.
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