Recall · 24V288000
BMW of North America recalled 10 models over air bags
5,761
Vehicles covered
10
Models
20
Model years
April 24, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2014-2015 2 Series Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive, M235i), 3 Series Sedan (320i, 320i xDrive, 328i, 328i xDrive, 335i, 335i xDrive, M3, 328d, 328d xDrive), 4 Series Coupe (428i, 428i xDrive, 435i, 435i xDrive, M4), and 2015 4 Series Gran Coupe (428i, 428i xDrive, 435i, 435i xDrive) vehicles. The head air bag inflator may fail at the weld joint, which can cause gas to leak from the inflator or result in an inflator rupture.
- What it can cause
- An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the head air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 4, 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| BMW228I | 2014 to 2015 | 2015 |
| BMW320I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW328D | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW328I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW335I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW428I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW435I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMWM235I | 2014 to 2015 | Not published here |
| BMWM3 | 2014 to 2015 | Not published here |
| BMWM4 | 2014 to 2015 | 2015 |
How this campaign compares
At 5,761 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 75% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2014 to 2015, so the oldest vehicles on it were 10 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 60 times before this, most recently in November 2023 as 23V797000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 17 of the 20 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 764 complaints with NHTSA, 525 of them before this campaign was filed. 42 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2013, 10 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V871000 (air bags), 24V608000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V527000 (air bags), 21V907000 (fuel system, diesel).
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 24, 2024 as campaign 24V288000. 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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