# NHTSA recall 24V534000

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: 24V534000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-07\-17
- Owners notified: 2025\-01\-02
- Component: STRUCTURE
- Units potentially affected: 282387

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2018\-2023 X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i, and X3 M vehicles.  The attachment for the interior cargo rail may become damaged in a rear crash and result in the cargo rail detaching.


## What can happen

Interior cargo rail detachment during a rear crash can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the rear cargo rail attachment bolts, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 2, 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.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 282387
- Reported remedied: 245144 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 2400

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

- [2018 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2023/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.

- [B010226DCS](/bulletins/11036453.md), 2026-08-28, Other
- [B010226](/bulletins/11036388.md), 2026-08-27, Service bulletin
- [B010226](/bulletins/11033030.md), 2026-06-01, Warranty extension
- [B641224](/bulletins/11032743.md), 2026-05-18, Service bulletin
- [B510925](/bulletins/11024711.md), 2025-11-03, Service bulletin
- [B510925](/bulletins/11017278.md), 2025-04-28, Service bulletin
- [B512924](/bulletins/11012082.md), 2024-12-31, Service bulletin
- [B410722](/bulletins/10253326.md), 2024-05-03, Service bulletin
- [B541119](/bulletins/10249024.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin
- [B540421](/bulletins/10244239.md), 2023-11-01, 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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