NHTSA recall 22V670000
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 | 22V670000 |
| Manufacturer | BMW of North America, LLC |
| Reported | 2022-09-07 |
| Owners notified | 2022-11-04 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Units potentially affected | 246 |
| Report | Annual report 1, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2025-10-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 246 |
| Reported remedied | 230 (93%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 1 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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 certain 2019-2022 BMW X7 xDrive40i, X7 Drive50i, X7 M50i vehicles with third-row seats. One or more of the compression springs that lock the backrest may not have been installed properly, and could dislodge or detach.
What can happen
In a crash, the seat backrest may not fully lock, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the third-row seat and, if necessary, remove and reinstall improperly installed compression springs, and reinstall any missing springs, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 4, 2022. 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.nhtsa.gov.
| 2019 BMW X7 | |
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| 2020 BMW X7 | |
| 2021 BMW X7 | |
| 2022 BMW X7 |
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
| B521923 | 2025-04-03. Service bulletin. In vehicles equipped with the second row 60% / 40% split seat, the flex cable assembly can come out of the seat rail mechanism (circled). This stops the forwards and backwards travel of the seat. |
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| B520920 | 2024-12-31. Service bulletin. HEAD RESTRAINT AND/OR BACKREST OF 3RD ROW SEATS CANNOT BE FOLDED DOWN |
| B521019 | 2024-04-01. Service bulletin. The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support (aka knee bolster) of either front seat. |
| B522319 | 2023-12-06. Service bulletin. Two areas of the third-row seat backrest that may cause a noise concern have been added. |
| B522319 | 2023-11-01. Service bulletin. Second seat row blocking access to third seat row, program seat modules. Visible stitching on first row sport seat. Third seat row backrest Bowden cable routing and length change. |
| B520920 | 2023-11-01. Service bulletin. Various concerns about the third row of seats: 1. Head restraint (aka headrest), on one or both sides, cannot be folded down. 2. Third-row seating, on one or both sides, cannot be folded down. |
| B520920 | 2023-09-25. Service bulletin. ?Various concerns about the third row of seats. |
| B520121 | 2023-09-25. Service bulletin. ?The front seat will not calibrate/initialize, and the stored faults cannot be deleted. |
| B520920 | 2023-08-28. Service bulletin. Various concerns about the third row of seats. |
| B520922 | 2023-01-03. Service bulletin. When returning the 2nd row seat 60/40 seat from Easy-Entry: The seat stops moving before reaching the final home position. A Check Control Message (CCM) appears alerting the customer that the seat is not locked. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.