# NHTSA recall 23V471000

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: 23V471000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-07\-10
- Owners notified: 2023\-09\-06
- Component: AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER
- Units potentially affected: 1981
- Part numbers: 699140712 / 699140812

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2024 X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 M60i, X5 M, xDrive 50e, 2024 X6 xDrive40i, X6 M60i, X6 M, 2024 X7 xDrive40i, X7 M60i, Alpina XB7, and 2023 XM vehicles.  The knee air bag \(driver and/or passenger\) may not have been manufactured correctly, which can result in the knee air bag not deploying as intended.


## What can happen

A knee air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the knee air bag \(driver and/or passenger\), free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed September 6, 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 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1981
- Reported remedied: 1966 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2024 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2024/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW X6](/makes/bmw/x6/2024/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2024/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW XM](/makes/bmw/xm/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.

- [InVehicle\-InApp\-Comm](/bulletins/11028296.md), 2026-02-05, Over\-the\-air update
- [B652724](/bulletins/11009002.md), 2024-10-19, Service bulletin
- [B160423](/bulletins/10241365.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin
- [SIB510623](/bulletins/10236228.md), 2023-05-15, 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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