NHTSA recall 21V520000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 21V520000 |
| Manufacturer | BMW of North America, LLC |
| Reported | 2021-07-08 |
| Owners notified | 2021-07-26 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL |
| Units potentially affected | 1 |
| Part numbers | 9471900 |
| Report | Quarterly report 1, for 2021 quarter 3 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2021-10-25 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 1 |
| Reported remedied | 1 (100%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 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.
What is wrong
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling one 2019 X5 xDrive 40i vehicle. The instrument panel may not have been manufactured correctly, which could prevent the passenger side air bag from deploying properly in a crash.
What can happen
An air bag that does not deploy properly can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
A dealer will replace the instrument panel, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on July 26, 2021. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
Notes
The owner 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.nhtsa.gov.
| 2019 BMW X5 |
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A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| B620322 | 2022-12-12. Service bulletin. After programming, the customer may complain that the Sport Mode display is not fully displayed in the instrument cluster. Instead of a red background in sport mode, the background is displayed in blue (like ECO PRO mode). |
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| B620919 | 2020-01-21. Service bulletin. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REMAINS DARK AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE: Instrument cluster remains dark after starting the vehicle. After a restart normal functionality is restored. Software error in the KOMBI (Instrument Cluster). |
| B620119 | 2019-12-16. Service bulletin. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ONBOARD COMPUTER INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE: Instrument Cluster (KOMBSP18) functions are intermittently inoperative including: On-board Computer (BC) button on turn signal stalk (BC button shown at left) Radio displays Menu button Turn signal displays Arrows on multifunction steering wheel MFL thumbwheel control. |
| B620119 | 2019-09-23. Service bulletin. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ONBOARD COMPUTER INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE This Service Information Bulletin (Revision #2) replaces SI B62 01 19 dated March 2019. Updated I-level info. Instrument Cluster (KOMBSP18) functions are intermittently inoperative including: On-board Computer (BC) button on turn signal stalk (BC button shown at left) Radio displays Menu button Turn signal displays Arrows on multifunction steering wheel MFL thumbwheel control (shown at left) Additionally the audio source radio station or music track cannot be changed using the MFL. Normal functionality may possibly return after a sleep cycle or a battery reset. |
| B620319 | 2019-05-20. Service bulletin. DISPLAY IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR IN HEAD-UP DISPLAY IS FLICKERING. The customer states that the display in the instrument cluster or the BMW Head-Up Display is flickering. Autonomous switching through of the display contents on the right side of the instrument cluster can also occur. |
| B620219 | 2019-05-20. Service bulletin. INCORRECT VEHICLE IS DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER PROGRAMMING. After programming the vehicle from i Level S18A-18-11-5xx to I Level S18A-19-03-5xx an incorrect vehicle model image is displayed in the Instrument Cluster (KOMBI). |
| B620319 | 2019-05-20. Service bulletin. DISPLAY IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OR IN HEAD-UP DISPLAY IS FLICKERING. The customer states that the display in the instrument cluster or the BMW Head-Up Display is flickering. Autonomous switching through of the display contents on the right side of the instrument cluster can also occur. |
| B620219 | 2019-05-20. Service bulletin. INCORRECT VEHICLE IS DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER PROGRAMMING. After programming the vehicle from i Level S18A-18-11-5xx to I Level S18A-19-03-5xx an incorrect vehicle model image is displayed in the Instrument Cluster (KOMBI). |
| B620219 | 2019-04-22. Service bulletin. THE INCORRECT VEHICLE IS DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER PROGRAMMING. After programming the vehicle from i Level S18A-18-11-5xx to I Level S18A-19-03-5xx an incorrect vehicle model image is displayed in the Instrument Cluster (KOMBI). |
| B620119 | 2019-04-22. Service bulletin. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ONBOARD COMPUTER INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE. Additionally the audio source radio station or music track cannot be changed using the MFL. Normal functionality may possibly return after a sleep cycle or a battery reset. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.