Recall · 23V118000
BMW of North America recalled 7 models over electrical system
120
Vehicles covered
7
Models
10
Model years
February 23, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2023 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, M3, 330e, 330e xDrive, 430i Convertible, 430i xDrive, M440i, 2022-2023 430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive, i4 eDrive40, and i4 M50 vehicles. During a service visit, a replacement electronic control unit (ECU) may have been installed with incorrect programming, which can cause the automatic door locking (ADL) function to not lock the doors as intended.
- What it can cause
- Doors that do not lock as intended while the vehicle is in motion may open during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2023. 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 120 vehicles this is a small campaign: 68% 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 model years 2022 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 35 times before this, most recently in February 2023 as 23V051000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 10 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 66 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 25 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 14 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V438000 (electrical system), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V636000 (electrical system), 25V395000 (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 23, 2023 as campaign 23V118000. 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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