# NHTSA recall 24V527000

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: 24V527000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-07\-11
- Owners notified: 2024\-09\-06
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 1145
- Part numbers: 7849764, 7845796, 7845798, 6799611, 6868412, 6859516, 6865326, 6799612, 6868413, 6859518, 6865360

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2015 6 Series Gran Coupe, 2014 5 Series Gran Turismo, 2014 5 Series Sedan, 2015 6 Series Convertible, 2015 6 Series Coupe, 2014 X5, 2013\-2014 X3, 2014\-2015 3 Series Sedan, 2014 4 Series Coupe, 2014 4 Series Convertible, 2014 3 Series Gran Turismo, and 2015 4 Series Gran Coupe vehicles.  Please see the recall report for the complete list of models.  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, increasing the risk of injury or death.


## The remedy

The driver's front air bag will be replaced, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed September 6, 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 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1145
- Reported remedied: 494 \(43%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 17

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

- [2014 BMW 320I](/makes/bmw/320i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 320I](/makes/bmw/320i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 328D](/makes/bmw/328d/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 328I](/makes/bmw/328i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 335I](/makes/bmw/335i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 428I](/makes/bmw/428i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 428I](/makes/bmw/428i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 435I](/makes/bmw/435i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 528I](/makes/bmw/528i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 535D](/makes/bmw/535d/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 535I](/makes/bmw/535i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW 550I](/makes/bmw/550i/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 640I](/makes/bmw/640i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2015 BMW 650I](/makes/bmw/650i/2015/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 5](/makes/bmw/activehybrid-5/2014/recalls.md)
- 2014 BMW M4
- [2013 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2013/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2014/recalls.md)
- [2014 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2014/recalls.md)

## 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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