# 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

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2019 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2022/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.

- [B521923](/bulletins/11016438.md), 2025-04-03, Service bulletin
- [B520920](/bulletins/11012089.md), 2024-12-31, Service bulletin
- [B521019](/bulletins/10252279.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin
- [B522319](/bulletins/10246302.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin
- [B522319](/bulletins/10244258.md), 2023-11-01, Service bulletin
- [B520920](/bulletins/10244257.md), 2023-11-01, Service bulletin
- [B520920](/bulletins/10242695.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [B520121](/bulletins/10242694.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [B520920](/bulletins/10241368.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin
- [B520922](/bulletins/10228431.md), 2023-01-03, 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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