Recall · 24V527000
BMW of North America recalled 16 models over air bags
1,145
Vehicles covered
16
Models
21
Model years
July 11, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2015 6 Series Gran Coupe, 2014 5 Series Gran Turismo, 2014 5 Series Sedan, 2015 6 Series Convertible, 2015 6 Series Coupe, 2014 X5, 2013-2014 X3, 2014-2015 3 Series Sedan, 2014 4 Series Coupe, 2014 4 Series Convertible, 2014 3 Series Gran Turismo, and 2015 4 Series Gran Coupe vehicles. Please see the recall report for the complete list of models. The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.
- What it can cause
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- The driver's front air bag will be replaced, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW 320I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW 328D | 2014 | 2014 |
| BMW 328I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW 335I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW 428I | 2014 to 2015 | 20142015 |
| BMW 435I | 2014 | 2014 |
| BMW 528I | 2014 | 2014 |
| BMW 535D | 2014 | 2014 |
| BMW 535I | 2014 | 2014 |
| BMW 550I | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMW 640I | 2015 | Not published here |
| BMW 650I | 2015 | Not published here |
| BMW Activehybrid 5 | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMW M4 | 2014 | Not published here |
| BMW X3 | 2013 to 2014 | 20132014 |
| BMW X5 | 2014 | 2014 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,145 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 60% of the 17,913 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 471. It covers model years 2013 to 2015, so the oldest vehicles on it were 11 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 62 times before this, most recently in July 2024 as 24V513000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 18 of the 21 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,251 complaints with NHTSA, 913 of them before this campaign was filed. 63 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 March 2013, 11 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V871000 (air bags), 24V608000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V288000 (air bags), 23V797000 (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 11, 2024 as campaign 24V527000. 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 2024-07-11.
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