# NHTSA recall 23V253000

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: 23V253000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-04\-06
- Owners notified: 2023\-05\-31
- Component: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
- Units potentially affected: 235
- Part numbers: 7444362

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2023 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 M50i, X5 M and X5 xDrive45e vehicles.  The head restraints for the second\-row outboard seats may have been improperly manufactured without locking tabs in the guide sleeves.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 202, "Head Restraints."


## What can happen

A head restraint without a locking tab may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the second\-row outboard seat head restraint guide sleeves, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 31, 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: 235
- Reported remedied: 232 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2023 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2023/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.

- [B520524](/bulletins/11006735.md), 2024-09-01, 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
- [B520121](/bulletins/10242694.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [B520923](/bulletins/10235190.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin
- [B520323](/bulletins/10235186.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin
- [B521919](/bulletins/10225113.md), 2022-10-31, Service bulletin
- [B520622](/bulletins/10225112.md), 2022-10-31, Service bulletin
- [B520422](/bulletins/10225111.md), 2022-10-31, 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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