# NHTSA recall 15V782000

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: 15V782000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2015\-11\-23
- Owners notified: 2016\-01\-14
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- Units potentially affected: 42

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2015\-2016 M3 Sedan vehicles manufactured May 30, 2015, to September 2, 2015, 2016 M4 Coupe vehicles manufactured July 3, 2015, to September 11, 2015, and 2015\-2016 M4 Convertible vehicles manufactured May 29, 2015, to August 4, 2015. The affected vehicles have a driveshaft with a slip\-joint that may not have been filled with grease.  As a result, the slip\-joint may fail over time.


## What can happen

If the slip\-joint fails, there would be a loss of power to the rear axle and therefore the vehicle would stop moving, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driveshaft, replacing it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on January 14, 2016.  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 2017 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 42
- Reported remedied: 41 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2015 BMW M3](/makes/bmw/m3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-30 to 2015\-09\-02.
- [2016 BMW M3](/makes/bmw/m3/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-30 to 2015\-09\-02.
- [2015 BMW M4](/makes/bmw/m4/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-29 to 2015\-08\-04.
- [2016 BMW M4](/makes/bmw/m4/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-07\-03 to 2015\-09\-11.

## 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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