# NHTSA recall 22V944000

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: 22V944000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2022\-12\-20
- Owners notified: 2023\-02\-03
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY THERMAL:MANAGEMENT:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 14086
- Part numbers: N/A \- software issue

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2022\-2023 iX xDrive40, iX xDrive50, iX M60, i4 eDrive35, i4 eDrive40, i4 M50, and 2023 i7 xDrive60 vehicles.  The high voltage battery electronic control unit \(ECU\) software may cause an interruption of electrical power.


## What can happen

An interruption of electrical power may result in a sudden loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the high voltage battery ECU software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed February 10, 2023.  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 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 14086
- Reported remedied: 14057 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 18

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2022 BMW I4](/makes/bmw/i4/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW I4](/makes/bmw/i4/2023/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW I7](/makes/bmw/i7/2023/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2023/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.

- [B611626](/bulletins/11036456.md), 2026-08-28, Service campaign
- [B640925](/bulletins/11026956.md), 2026-01-05, Service campaign
- [B121425](/bulletins/11025669.md), 2025-11-25, Service campaign
- [B640925](/bulletins/11022362.md), 2025-09-03, Service campaign
- [B640825](/bulletins/11022361.md), 2025-09-03, Service campaign
- [B840525](/bulletins/11022119.md), 2025-08-24, Service bulletin
- [B651825](/bulletins/11021819.md), 2025-08-13, Service bulletin
- [B613323](/bulletins/11020915.md), 2025-07-28, Service campaign
- [B610625](/bulletins/11018728.md), 2025-05-31, Service bulletin
- [B610325](/bulletins/11015537.md), 2025-03-11, 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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