# NHTSA recall 20V598000

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: 20V598000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2020\-09\-30
- Owners notified: 2020\-11\-18
- Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
- Units potentially affected: 312
- Part numbers: N/A; vehicle programing issue

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 X3 sDrive 30i, X3 xDrive 30i, X3M 40i, X3 xDrive 30e, X4 xDrive 30i, X4M 40i, 530i, 540i, 540i xDrive, M550i xDrive, M5, 550e, 550e xDrive, and 550e iPerformance vehicles.  A small portion of the rearview image may be slightly obscured.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."


## What can happen

If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, program the rearview camera with updated software.  The recall began November 18, 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-01\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 312
- Reported remedied: 312 \(100%\)
- 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

- [2020 BMW 530I](/makes/bmw/530i/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW 530I](/makes/bmw/530i/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW 540I](/makes/bmw/540i/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW 540I](/makes/bmw/540i/2021/recalls.md)
- 2020 BMW 550E
- 2021 BMW 550E
- [2020 BMW M5](/makes/bmw/m5/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW M5](/makes/bmw/m5/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW M550I](/makes/bmw/m550i/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW M550I](/makes/bmw/m550i/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2021/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.

- [B650414](/bulletins/10227568.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [B090321](/bulletins/10214254.md), 2022-06-21, Service bulletin
- [B320420](/bulletins/10205616.md), 2021-12-27, Service bulletin
- [B121221](/bulletins/10205615.md), 2021-12-27, Service bulletin
- [B662919](/bulletins/10190867.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin
- [B640121](/bulletins/10190864.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin
- [B090120](/bulletins/10190846.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin
- [B662919](/bulletins/10184595.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin
- [B661720](/bulletins/10184594.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin
- [B660820](/bulletins/10182924.md), 2020-11-23, 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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