# NHTSA recall 16V914000 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: 16V914000 - Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC - Reported: 2016\-12\-20 - Owners notified: 2017\-02\-10 - Component: AIR BAGS - Units potentially affected: 3506 ## What is wrong BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2017 BMW 640i, 640i xDrive, 650i, 650i xDrive, M6, 535i, 535i xDrive, 430i, 430i xDrive, 440i, 440i xDrive, M4, X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, i3, i8, Rolls\-Royce Dawn, Mini Clubman Cooper, Clubman Cooper S, Cooper All4, Cooper S All4, Mini 4\-Door Cooper, Cooper S, Mini 2\-Door Cooper, Cooper S, John Cooper Works and 2016 BMW 528i, 528i xDrive, 535i, 535i xDrive, 550i, 550i xDrive, M5 and 535d vehicles. The affected vehicles have seat\- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash. ## What can happen If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the seat\-mounted air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury. ## The remedy BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag modules, free of charge. The recall began February 6, 2017. 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 2018 quarter 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-27 - Vehicles in the campaign: 3506 - Reported remedied: 3067 \(87%\) - Reported unreachable: 159 - Reported removed: 39 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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 - [2017 BMW 430I](/makes/bmw/430i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-08\-04 to 2016\-09\-28. - [2017 BMW 440I](/makes/bmw/440i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-08\-04 to 2016\-09\-28. - [2016 BMW 528I](/makes/bmw/528i/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-16 to 2016\-10\-12. - [2016 BMW 535D](/makes/bmw/535d/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-30 to 2016\-09\-30. - [2016 BMW 535I](/makes/bmw/535i/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-16 to 2016\-10\-12. - [2017 BMW 535I](/makes/bmw/535i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-16 to 2016\-10\-12. - [2016 BMW 550I](/makes/bmw/550i/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-16 to 2016\-10\-12. - [2017 BMW 640I](/makes/bmw/640i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-27 to 2016\-10\-14. - [2017 BMW 650I](/makes/bmw/650i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-27 to 2016\-10\-14. - [2017 BMW I3](/makes/bmw/i3/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-07\-29 to 2016\-09\-12. - [2017 BMW I8](/makes/bmw/i8/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-11\-01 to 2016\-11\-02. - [2017 BMW M4](/makes/bmw/m4/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-08\-04 to 2016\-09\-28. - [2016 BMW M5](/makes/bmw/m5/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-16 to 2016\-10\-12. - [2017 BMW M6](/makes/bmw/m6/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-27 to 2016\-10\-14. - 2017 BMW X1 SAV. Built 2016\-08\-06 to 2016\-12\-13. - [2017 MINI CLUBMAN](/makes/mini/clubman/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-08\-15 to 2016\-10\-10. - 2017 MINI COOPER. Built 2016\-08\-23 to 2016\-09\-16. - 2017 MINI COOPER S. Built 2016\-08\-23 to 2016\-09\-16. - [2017 ROLLS\-ROYCE DAWN](/makes/rolls-royce/dawn/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-08\-23 to 2016\-09\-28. ## 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 - [B321119](/bulletins/10190849.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin - [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin - [B321119](/bulletins/10174008.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin - [B651119](/bulletins/10163055.md), 2019-07-22, Service bulletin - [M650117](/bulletins/10159157.md), 2019-04-22, Service bulletin - [M650418](/bulletins/10154765.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin - [M650418](/bulletins/10153787.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin - [B651218](/bulletins/10153774.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin - [BMWFEB1516](/bulletins/10151135.md), 2018-12-10, 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/16V914000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V914000) [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%2016V914000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F16V914000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2016V914000)