Recall · 22V267000
BMW of North America recalled 5 models over visibility
61,221
Vehicles covered
5
Models
14
Model years
April 20, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2022 4 Series Gran Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive); 2019-2022 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 xDrive50i, X5 M50i, X5M; 2021-2022 X5 xdrive45e; 2020-2022 X6 sDrive40i, X6 xDrive40i, X6 xDrive50i, X6M and 2019-2023 X7 xDrive40i, X7 xDrive50i, X7 M50i, X7 xDrive60i, X7 M60i, X7M, Alpina XB7 vehicles. The roof function control unit may be programmed incorrectly, allowing the sunroof to close without the key fob present inside the vehicle. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 118, "Power-Operated Window Systems."
- What it can cause
- A sunroof that closes without the key fob present inside the vehicle can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reprogram the roof function control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 20, 2022. 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.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 61,221 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% 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 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 5 times before this, most recently in February 2021 as 21V091000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 12 of the 14 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 683 complaints with NHTSA, 89 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the visibility, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 32 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V422000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V644000 (electrical system), 25V636000 (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 April 20, 2022 as campaign 22V267000. 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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