# NHTSA recall 23V079000

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: 23V079000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-02\-14
- Owners notified: 2023\-04\-14
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 15803
- Part numbers: 9496574AI03, 9483052AI09, 8846053AI03

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2022\-2023 iX xDrive40, iX xDrive50, iX M60 and 2022\-2023 X1 xDrive28i vehicles.  The front driver's air bag may have been manufactured incorrectly and may not deploy as intended during a crash.


## What can happen

A driver's air bag that does not deploy as intended during a crash increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the driver's air bag, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 14, 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 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 15803
- Reported remedied: 15684 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 8

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, 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 IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2023/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW X1](/makes/bmw/x1/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW X1](/makes/bmw/x1/2023/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.

- [B520224](/bulletins/10252015.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin
- [B630622](/bulletins/10242524.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [SIB521023](/bulletins/10236231.md), 2023-05-15, Service bulletin
- [B630622](/bulletins/10227567.md), 2022-12-12, 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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