# NHTSA recall 16V333000

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: 16V333000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2016\-05\-23
- Owners notified: 2016\-07\-13
- Component: CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP
- Units potentially affected: 188668

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2011\-2017, X3 sDrive28i, X3 xDrive28i and X3 xDrive35i, vehicles manufactured July 2, 2010 to April 14, 2016, 2015\-2017 X3 xDrive28d vehicles manufactured March 10, 2014 to March 31, 2016, and 2015\-2017 x4 xDrive28i, X4 xDrive35i and X4 xDriveM40i vehicles manufactured March3, 2014 to April 15, 2016. The affected vehicles have lower anchor bars for securing child restraint seats that may become damaged when using the European\-ISOFIX\-type, rigid\-style connector, child restraint system.


## What can happen

Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will weld a reinforcing bracket to the lower anchor bars and the vehicle body, free of  charge.  The recall began on July 13, 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 188668
- Reported remedied: 115223 \(61%\)
- Reported unreachable: 4361
- Reported removed: 1898

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, 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

- [2011 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2012 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2012/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2013 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2013/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2014 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2014/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2015 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2016 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2016/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2017 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2017/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.
- [2015 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-03 to 2016\-04\-15.
- [2016 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2016/recalls.md). Built 2014\-03\-03 to 2016\-04\-15.
- [2017 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2017/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2016\-04\-14.

## 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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