# NHTSA recall 20V152000

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: 20V152000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2020\-03\-18
- Owners notified: 2020\-05\-15
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 15

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2019\-2020 X4 xDrive30i and X4 M40i, and 2018\-2020 X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i, and X3M vehicles.  The instrument panel casing may not have been tightened properly to the passenger air bag.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, the air bag could damage the instrument panel and cause small pieces of the panel to strike the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the instrument panel casing, free of charge.  The recall began May 15, 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: Annual report 2, for 2023 quarter 2 to 2024 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2024\-04\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 15
- Reported remedied: 15 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2024 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

- [2018 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2020/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [B620223](/bulletins/10235198.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin
- [B620322](/bulletins/10227566.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [B620122](/bulletins/10208181.md), 2022-02-22, Service bulletin
- [B620818](/bulletins/10186225.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin
- [B620719](/bulletins/10174025.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [B620919](/bulletins/10170588.md), 2020-01-21, Service bulletin
- [B620519](/bulletins/10170587.md), 2020-01-21, Service bulletin
- [B620119](/bulletins/10169469.md), 2019-12-16, Service bulletin
- [B620719](/bulletins/10163051.md), 2019-07-22, Service bulletin
- [B620518](/bulletins/10160354.md), 2019-05-20, 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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