# NHTSA recall 15V887000

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: 15V887000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2015\-12\-30
- Owners notified: 2015\-12\-28
- Component: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\)
- Units potentially affected: 2

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling one model year 2016 MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 Door vehicle manufactured November 24, 2015, and one BMW X1 Sports Activity Vehicle \(SAV\) manufactured October, 19 2015.  The steering gearbox may have been manufactured with incorrect parts.


## What can happen

A gearbox malfunction may cause a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will replace the steering gearbox, free of charge.  Affected vehicles are located in dealer inventory  and will be remedied before customer retail.  The recall began on December 28, 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 2017 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-04\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2
- Reported remedied: 2 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2016 BMW X1](/makes/bmw/x1/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-19 to 2015\-10\-19.
- [2016 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE](/makes/mini/cooper-convertible/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-11\-24 to 2015\-11\-24.

## 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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