# NHTSA recall 17V115000

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: 17V115000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2017\-02\-23
- Owners notified: 2017\-04\-10
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 292

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2017 430i, 430i xDrive, 440i, 440i xDrive and M4 vehicles and Rolls\-Royce Dawn 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 April 17, 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 292
- Reported remedied: 203 \(69%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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

- [2017 BMW 430I](/makes/bmw/430i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-19 to 2016\-10\-07.
- [2017 BMW 440I](/makes/bmw/440i/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-19 to 2016\-10\-07.
- [2017 BMW M4](/makes/bmw/m4/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-19 to 2016\-10\-07.
- [2017 ROLLS\-ROYCE DAWN](/makes/rolls-royce/dawn/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-26 to 2016\-10\-17.

## 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
- [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [B651119](/bulletins/10163055.md), 2019-07-22, Service bulletin
- [B650414](/bulletins/10146769.md), 2018-11-05, 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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