# NHTSA recall 24V557000

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: 24V557000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-07\-26
- Owners notified: 2024\-09\-23
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY
- Units potentially affected: 1582
- Part numbers: 5B4E925, 5A69FB3

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2024 R 1300 GS motorcycles.  The housing for the starter motor relay may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in a damaged relay that can overheat.


## What can happen

An overheated electrical relay increases the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the starter relay and update the software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed September 23, 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 8, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1582
- Reported remedied: 1367 \(86%\)
- 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 R 1300 GS](/makes/bmw/r-1300-gs/2024/recalls.md). Built 2023\-07\-14 to 2024\-03\-18.

## 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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