Recall · 24V138000
BMW of North America recalled 2 models over structure
8
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
February 23, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i and X7 xDrive40i vehicles. The instrument panel may not have been manufactured properly, which can result in improper air bag deployment or the panel separating during air bag deployment.
- What it can cause
- Instrument panel separation during air bag deployment can result in pieces of the panel striking occupants. Improper air bag deployment may not restrain an occupant as intended during a crash. Either of these scenarios can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the instrument panel, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2024. 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 8 vehicles this is a small campaign: 93% 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, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the structure 13 times before this, most recently in May 2021 as 21V342000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 206 complaints with NHTSA, 12 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V422000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V739000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 24V697000 (electronic stability control (esc)), 24V327000 (equipment).
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, 2024 as campaign 24V138000. 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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