# NHTSA recall 23V797000

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: 23V797000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-11\-24
- Owners notified: 2024\-01\-19
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 486
- Part numbers: 6799612, 6859516, 6868412, 6868413

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2014 X3 xDrive28i, X3 xDrive35i, X5 sDrive35i, X5 xDrive35i, and 2015 X4 xDrive35i vehicles.  The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.


## What can happen

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the driver's front air bag, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 19, 2024.  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: Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 486
- Reported remedied: 279 \(57%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 7

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

- [2014 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2014/recalls.md)
- 2014 BMW X4
- [2015 BMW X4](/makes/bmw/x4/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2014/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.

- [B650526DCS](/bulletins/11033154.md), 2026-06-02, Other
- [B650414](/bulletins/10227568.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [SIB650222](/bulletins/10218382.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin
- [SIB650122](/bulletins/10218381.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin
- [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [650414](/bulletins/10147981.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin
- [650414](/bulletins/10147091.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin
- [B650414](/bulletins/10146769.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin
- [SI B65 04 14](/bulletins/10057707.md), 2015-06-22, 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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