# NHTSA recall 20V490000

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: 20V490000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2020\-08\-18
- Owners notified: 2020\-10\-12
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
- Units potentially affected: 713
- Part numbers: 8658344\-11/345\-11, 8678566\-10/567\-10

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2021 330e and X5 xDrive45e, 2020\-2021 X3 xDrive30e, and 2020 MINI Countryman SE ALL4 vehicles.  Loose welding beads may form a conductive path between the hybrid battery cells which could lead to a short\-circuit.


## What can happen

A short\-circuited hybrid battery may increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the battery modules, free of charge.   BMW issued owners an interim notification on October 16, 2020.  Although potentially affected BMW owners received interim owner notification letters, all potentially affected BMW owner vehicles have been remedied; therefore, BMW Final owner notification letters will not be necessary.  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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-01\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 713
- Reported remedied: 713 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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

- [2021 BMW 330E](/makes/bmw/330e/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 MINI COUNTRYMAN](/makes/mini/countryman/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.

- [B661223](/bulletins/10242533.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [B610522](/bulletins/10211865.md), 2022-05-16, Service bulletin
- [B612420](/bulletins/10200239.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin
- [B610319](/bulletins/10199299.md), 2021-07-19, Service bulletin
- [B610121](/bulletins/10187478.md), 2021-02-22, 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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