# NHTSA recall 19V883000

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: 19V883000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2019\-12\-11
- Owners notified: 2020\-02\-07
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Units potentially affected: 3012

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2019\-2020 M5 and 2020 M8 Gran Coupe, M8 Coupe, and M8 Convertible vehicles.  The transmission wiring harness can become damaged, resulting in an electrical short circuit.


## What can happen

An electrical short circuit can cause the transmission to shift to neutral resulting in a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace any damaged transmission harnesses.  All harnesses will be rerouted and secured.  These repairs will be performed, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin February 3, 2020.  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 2021 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3012
- Reported remedied: 2932 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 2, 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

- [2019 BMW M5](/makes/bmw/m5/2019/recalls.md). Built 2019\-01\-30 to 2019\-10\-30.
- [2020 BMW M5](/makes/bmw/m5/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-01\-30 to 2019\-10\-30.
- [2020 BMW M8](/makes/bmw/m8/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-02\-20 to 2019\-10\-30.
- 2020 BMW M8 GRAN COUPE. Built 2019\-06\-19 to 2019\-10\-29.

## 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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