# NHTSA recall 16V919000

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: 16V919000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2016\-12\-21
- Owners notified: 2017\-02\-10
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 8

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain model year 2016 X5 xDrive40e vehicles manufactured July 29, 2015, to September 9, 2015.  The affected vehicles have a Digital Motor Electronic \(DME\) control unit that may have a loose electrical ground cable, possibly causing an under\-voltage condition which would result in the transmission shifting to neutral.


## What can happen

If the vehicle unexpectedly shifts to neutral, there would be an increased risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the ground cable, 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 3, for 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 8
- Reported remedied: 8 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, 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 X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-07\-29 to 2015\-09\-09.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [B120919](/bulletins/10160331.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin
- [B621415](/bulletins/10151019.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin
- [B520716](/bulletins/10150975.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)

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