# NHTSA recall 21V342000

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: 21V342000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-05\-12
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-15
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
- Units potentially affected: 2
- Part numbers: 7351716\-14, 7351717\-14, 8057942\-14 \(color dependent\)

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2021 BMW 230i and M240i vehicles.  Supports within the roof liner may be insecurely attached.


## What can happen

The support may separate from the roof liner and fall into the passenger compartment, increasing the risk of injury during a crash necessitating the deployment of the head air bag.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and repair or replace the roof liner as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters will not be sent.  The one owner was notified on June 15, 2021 by telephone and the vehicle has been repaired.  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 2021 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2
- Reported remedied: 2 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2021 BMW 230I](/makes/bmw/230i/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW M240I](/makes/bmw/m240i/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.

- [B512022](/bulletins/11034457.md), 2026-07-03, Service bulletin
- [B640416](/bulletins/10249435.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin
- [B513218](/bulletins/10245372.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin
- [SIB410322](/bulletins/10218368.md), 2022-08-22, 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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