Recall · 26V438000
BMW of North America recalled 12 models over electrical system
318,495
Vehicles covered
12
Models
37
Model years
July 8, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Toyota Supra, 2022-2025 2 Series Coupe, 2021-2023 5 Series, 2022-2026 Z4, 2023-2024 4 Series Gran Coupe, 4 Series Convertible, 4 Series Coupe, 3 Series, 2021-2025 X4, and 2021-2024 X3 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of all models. The engine starter may overheat and catch fire due to wear on an internal component.
- What it can cause
- Fire increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the engine starter, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on August 28, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning August 28, 2026. This recall is an expansion of previous NHTSA recall 26V056.
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 to 2025 | Not published here |
| BMW230I Xdrive | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
| BMW330I | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
| BMW330I Xdrive | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
| BMW430I | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
| BMW430I Xdrive | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
| BMW530I | 2021 to 2023 | 20212022 |
| BMW530I Xdrive | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| BMWX3 | 2021, 2022 and 2024 | 202120222024 |
| BMWX4 | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
| BMWZ4 | 2022 to 2026 | Not published here |
| ToyotaSupra | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 318,495 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 54 times before this, most recently in May 2026 as 26V305000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 9 of the 37 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 258 complaints with NHTSA, 242 of them before this campaign was filed. 53 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 October 2020, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V524000 (steering), 26V056000 (electrical system), 25V636000 (electrical system), 25V106000 (latches/locks/linkages).
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 8, 2026 as campaign 26V438000. 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 2026-07-08.
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