# NHTSA recall 17V495000

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: 17V495000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2017\-08\-08
- Owners notified: 2017\-10\-06
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 6785

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC. \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2012\-2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i, X3 xDrive35i, and M6 Convertible vehicles and 2013 M6 Coupe vehicles.  The affected vehicles have a driver's frontal air bag inflator that may have been improperly welded.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator housing could separate from the base plate and result in metal striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's front air bag module, free of charge.  The recall began October 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 2019 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-04\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 6785
- Reported remedied: 4807 \(70%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 134

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2013 BMW M6](/makes/bmw/m6/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-05\-14 to 2012\-07\-25.
- [2012 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-11\-08 to 2012\-04\-20.
- [2013 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-11\-08 to 2012\-04\-20.

## 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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