Recall · 23V700000
BMW of North America recalled 9 models over electrical system
12,296
Vehicles covered
9
Models
12
Model years
October 18, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:CAMERA/SENSOR
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2023-2024 740i, 740i xDrive, 760i xDrive, i7 eDrive50, i7 xDrive60, i7 M70, 2024 750e xDrive, 530i, 530i xDrive, i5 eDrive40, and i5 M60 vehicles. The ground connection to the steering wheel may not have been attached correctly, resulting in an inoperative hands-on detection system.
- What it can cause
- An inoperative hands-on detection system may fail to detect when the driver's hands are not on the steering wheel and therefore not engage the emergency stopping assistant system, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and reattach the ground connection as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 8, 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 12,296 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 81% of the 17,193 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 479. It covers model years 2023 to 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 39 times before this, most recently in July 2023 as 23V479000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 6 of the 12 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 80 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 17 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 16 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V422000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V395000 (electrical system), 25V470000 (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 October 18, 2023 as campaign 23V700000. 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 2023-10-18.
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