# NHTSA recall 18V453000

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: 18V453000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2018\-07\-06
- Owners notified: 2018\-08\-31
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
- Units potentially affected: 5594

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2018\-2019 BMW X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i and certain 2019 X4 xDrive30i and X4 M40i vehicles.  The rear brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have an insufficient coating, potentially reducing rear brake performance.


## What can happen

A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will bleed the rear brake circuit, free of charge.  The recall began August 31, 2018.  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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5594
- Reported remedied: 5548 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 2

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

- [2018 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-04\-16 to 2018\-06\-01.
- [2019 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-04\-16 to 2018\-06\-01.
- [2019 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-05\-10 to 2018\-05\-31.

## 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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