# NHTSA recall 15V148000

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: 15V148000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2015\-03\-13
- Owners notified: 2015\-05\-11
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 2067

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2015 428i Convertible, 428i xDrive Convertible, 435i Convertible, and 435i xDrive Convertible vehicles manufactured October 22, 2014, to February 27, 2015.  Due to a programming error, the driver's front air bag deployment timing may be incorrect.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

If the driver's front air bag deployment timing is incorrect, there is an increased risk of personal injury in the event of a vehicle crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the air bag control module with corrected software version, free of charge.  The recall began May 11, 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2067
- Reported remedied: 1821 \(88%\)
- Reported unreachable: 79
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, 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

- [2015 BMW 428I](/makes/bmw/428i/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-10\-22 to 2015\-02\-27.
- [2015 BMW 435I](/makes/bmw/435i/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-10\-22 to 2015\-02\-27.

## 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
- [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [B651119](/bulletins/10163055.md), 2019-07-22, Service bulletin
- [650414](/bulletins/10147091.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin
- [B650414](/bulletins/10146769.md), 2018-11-05, 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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