# NHTSA recall 15V520000 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: 15V520000 - Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC - Reported: 2015\-08\-17 - Owners notified: 2015\-10\-07 - Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING - Units potentially affected: 7727 ## What is wrong BMW North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2012\-2015 320i, 320xi, 328i, 328xi, 335i, 335xi, and ActiveHybrid3 vehicles manufactured October 20, 2011, to June 22, 2015, 2014\-2015 328xi Sports Wagon vehicles manufactured March 21, 2013, to March 17, 2015, 2014\-2015 328d, 328xd vehicles manufactured June 28, 2013, to April 21, 2015, and 2014\-2015 328xd Sports Wagon vehicles manufactured July 5, 2013, to April 21, 2015. The affected vehicles may have been programmed with new software that inadvertently makes the front side marker lights inoperative in conjunction with the parking lights or the headlights. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment." ## What can happen If the side marker lights do not illuminate, the vehicle may be less visible at night, increasing the risk of a crash. ## The remedy BMW will notify owners, and dealers will upload revised software to correct the issue, free of charge. The recall began on October 7, 2015. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417 or by email at CustomerRelations@bmwusa.com. ## 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 2017 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-04\-22 - Vehicles in the campaign: 7727 - Reported remedied: 7069 \(91%\) - Reported unreachable: 237 - Reported removed: 12 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 1, 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 - 2012 BMW 320I. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2013 BMW 320I](/makes/bmw/320i/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW 320I](/makes/bmw/320i/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2015 BMW 320I](/makes/bmw/320i/2015/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2012 BMW 320XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2013 BMW 320XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2014 BMW 320XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2015 BMW 320XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW 328D](/makes/bmw/328d/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-28 to 2015\-04\-21. - [2015 BMW 328D](/makes/bmw/328d/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-28 to 2015\-04\-21. - [2012 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2013 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2015 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2015/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2014 BMW 328XD. Built 2013\-06\-28 to 2015\-04\-21. - 2015 BMW 328XD. Built 2013\-06\-28 to 2015\-04\-21. - 2012 BMW 328XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2013 BMW 328XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2014 BMW 328XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2015 BMW 328XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2012 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2013 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2015 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2015/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2012 BMW 335XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2013 BMW 335XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW 335XI](/makes/bmw/335/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - 2015 BMW 335XI. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2012 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - 2013 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3. Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2014 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3](/makes/bmw/activehybrid-3/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. - [2015 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3](/makes/bmw/activehybrid-3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-20 to 2015\-06\-24. ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [B630917](/bulletins/10235202.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin - [B010722](/bulletins/10212780.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin - [B630119](/bulletins/10161571.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin - [B630119](/bulletins/10160289.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin - [B630119](/bulletins/10160220.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin - [B630119](/bulletins/10159138.md), 2019-04-22, Service bulletin - [B630119](/bulletins/10154856.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin - [630512](/bulletins/10150332.md), 2018-12-03, Service bulletin - [630512](/bulletins/10150230.md), 2018-12-03, Service bulletin - [630713](/bulletins/10150183.md), 2018-12-03, 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) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V520000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/15V520000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2015V520000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F15V520000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2015V520000)