Recall · 24V513000
BMW of North America recalled 10 models over air bags
394,029
Vehicles covered
10
Models
60
Model years
July 3, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2006-2011 3 Series Sedan (324i, 325i, 325xi, 328i, 328xi, 330i, 330xi, 335i, 335xi), 2006-2012 3 Series Sportswagon (325xi, 328i, 328xi), and 2009-2011 3 Series Sedan (335d) vehicles. The original steering wheel may have been replaced with a sport or M-sport steering wheel equipped with an inflator that can explode during deployment.
- What it can cause
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the driver's air bag module as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW323I | 2006 to 2011 | Not published here |
| BMW325I | 2006 to 2011 | Not published here |
| BMW325XI | 2006 to 2012 | Not published here |
| BMW328I | 2006 to 2012 | 201020112012 |
| BMW328XI | 2006 to 2012 | 20102011 |
| BMW330I | 2006 to 2011 | Not published here |
| BMW330XI | 2006 to 2011 | Not published here |
| BMW335D | 2009 to 2011 | 20102011 |
| BMW335I | 2006 to 2011 | 20102011 |
| BMW335XI | 2006 to 2011 | 20102011 |
How this campaign compares
At 394,029 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 97% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2006 to 2012, so the oldest vehicles on it were 18 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 61 times before this, most recently in April 2024 as 24V288000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 28 of the 60 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 3,917 complaints with NHTSA, 3,755 of them before this campaign was filed. 1,171 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 September 2005, 18 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 24V608000 (engine and engine cooling), 20V017000 (air bags).
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 July 3, 2024 as campaign 24V513000. 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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