# NHTSA recall 19V631000

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: 19V631000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2019\-08\-28
- Owners notified: 2019\-08\-21
- Component: STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
- Units potentially affected: 12

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2020 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 M50i, X7 xDrive40i and X7 M50i vehicles.  The steering rack pinion teeth may break under load, resulting in a loss of steering control.


## What can happen

A loss of steering control increases risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering rack, free of charge.  The recall began August 21, 2019.  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 1, for 2019 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 12
- Reported remedied: 12 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2020 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-08\-09 to 2019\-08\-16.
- [2020 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-08\-09 to 2019\-08\-16.

## 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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