# NHTSA recall 15V147000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V147000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2015\-03\-13
- Owners notified: 2015\-06\-24
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 46

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2015 BMW X5 xDrive 35d Sports Activity Vehicles \(SAV\) manufactured August 19, 2014, to February 16, 2015, and 2014\-2015 BMW X5 xDrive 35i, X5 sDrive 35i, X5 xDrive 50i, Sports Activity Vehicles \(SAV\) manufactured August 28, 2013, to February 16, 2015.  In the affected vehicles, the Head Protection System \(HPS\) air bag may not be securely connected to the air bag inflator gas generator.


## What can happen

Without a secure connection to the inflator, the HPS air bags may have insufficient inflation during a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Head Protection System, free of charge. The recall began on June 24, 2015.  Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.


## Notes

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.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 46
- Reported remedied: 37 \(80%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-08\-28 to 2015\-02\-16.
- [2015 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-08\-28 to 2015\-02\-16.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [B650414](/bulletins/10227568.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [SIB650222](/bulletins/10218382.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin
- [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [B651716](/bulletins/10151332.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin
- [650414](/bulletins/10147091.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin
- [B650414](/bulletins/10146769.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin
- [SI B65 04 14](/bulletins/10057707.md), 2015-06-22, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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