Recall · 25V636000
BMW of North America recalled 9 models over electrical system
Park outside and away from buildings until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
199,674
Vehicles covered
9
Models
24
Model years
September 23, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2021 BMW 330i, 2019-2022 BMW Z4, 2020-2022 BMW 530i, X3, X4, Toyota Supra, 2021-2022 BMW 430i, 430i Convertible, and 2022 BMW 230i vehicles. The engine starter relay may corrode, causing the relay to overheat and short circuit.
- What it can cause
- A short circuit in the starter relay may increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the remedy is complete. Dealers will replace the engine starter, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 6, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov November 14, 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW230I | 2022 | Not published here |
| BMW330I | 2019 to 2021 | 201920202021 |
| BMW430I | 2021 to 2022 | 2021 |
| BMW430I Convertible | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| BMW530I | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| BMWX3 | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| BMWX4 | 2020 to 2022 | 2020 |
| BMWZ4 | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| ToyotaSupra | 2020 to 2022 | 20202021 |
How this campaign compares
At 199,674 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 47 times before this, most recently in July 2025 as 25V395000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 17 of the 24 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 528 complaints with NHTSA, 287 of them before this campaign was filed. 146 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2019, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 31 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V438000 (electrical system), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V106000 (latches/locks/linkages), 24V764000 (structure).
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 September 23, 2025 as campaign 25V636000. 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 2025-09-23.
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