# NHTSA recall 23V885000

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: 23V885000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2023\-12\-22
- Owners notified: 2024\-02\-16
- Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
- Units potentially affected: 4926

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2024 i5 eDrive40 and i5 M60 vehicles.  During vehicle start\-up, the artificial sound generator control unit may experience a fault and fail to generate the external pedestrian warning sound.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."


## What can happen

Without external warning sounds, pedestrians may be unaware of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the external artificial sound generator software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2024.  Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.  Note: This is an expansion of Recall 23V\-026.


## 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: 4926
- Reported remedied: 4923 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2024 BMW I5](/makes/bmw/i5/2024/recalls.md)
- 2024 BMW I5 M60

## 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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