Recall · 24V608000
BMW of North America recalled 12 models over engine and engine cooling
720,796
Vehicles covered
12
Models
47
Model years
August 13, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2012-2015 X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, 2012-2016 Z4 sDrive28i, 528i, 528i xDrive, 328i, 328xi, 2016-2018 X5 xdrive 40e, 2014-2016 228i, 228xi, 428i, 428i xDrive, 328xi Gran Turismo, 2013-2017 X3 sDrive28i, X3 xDrive28i, 2015-2018 X4 xDrive28i, 2015-2016 428xi vehicles. An improperly sealed electrical connector on the water pump may be exposed to water and short circuit.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the water pump and plug connector as necessary, and install a protective shield, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 28, 2025. 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 228I | 2014 to 2016 | 20152016 |
| BMW 228XI | 2014 to 2016 | Not published here |
| BMW 328I | 2012 to 2016 | 20122013201420152016 |
| BMW 328XI | 2012 to 2016 | 201320142015 |
| BMW 428I | 2014 to 2016 | 201420152016 |
| BMW 428XI | 2015 to 2016 | Not published here |
| BMW 528I | 2012 to 2016 | 20122013201420152016 |
| BMW X1 | 2012 to 2015 | 201320142015 |
| BMW X3 | 2013 to 2017 | 20132014201520162017 |
| BMW X4 | 2015 to 2018 | 201520162018 |
| BMW X5 | 2016 to 2018 | 201620172018 |
| BMW Z4 | 2012 to 2016 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 720,796 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 98% of the 17,991 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 472. It covers model years 2012 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 12 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 38 times before this, most recently in August 2024 as 24V588000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 37 of the 47 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 2,346 complaints with NHTSA, 1,487 of them before this campaign was filed. 487 of those name the engine and engine cooling, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2012, 11 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V871000 (air bags), 24V527000 (air bags), 24V513000 (air bags), 24V288000 (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 August 13, 2024 as campaign 24V608000. 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 2024-08-13.
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