# NHTSA recall 20V443000

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: 20V443000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2020\-07\-29
- Owners notified: 2020\-08\-14
- Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 5

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2020 X3 sDrive40i, X3 xDrive40i and X3M40i vehicles.  These vehicles were not programmed with rearview camera software during assembly, therefore, when the transmission is shifted to reverse, a rearview image is not displayed.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."


## What can happen

An inoperative rearview camera display can increase the risk of a crash when reversing.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will program the affected vehicles with rearview camera software, free of charge.  The recall began August 14, 2020.  All vehicles have been remedied as of November 9, 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 1, for 2020 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5
- Reported remedied: 5 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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 X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2020/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.

- [B090221](/bulletins/10239599.md), 2023-07-24, Service bulletin
- [B620322](/bulletins/10227566.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [SIB090121](/bulletins/10215750.md), 2022-07-18, Service bulletin
- [B090321](/bulletins/10214254.md), 2022-06-21, Service bulletin
- [B620222](/bulletins/10212797.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin
- [B840421](/bulletins/10206691.md), 2022-01-24, Service bulletin
- [B121221](/bulletins/10205615.md), 2021-12-27, Service bulletin
- [B611621](/bulletins/10205095.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [SIB 62 03 21](/bulletins/10202474.md), 2021-10-25, Service bulletin
- [B651121](/bulletins/10200247.md), 2021-08-09, 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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