# NHTSA recall 24V870000

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: 24V870000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2024\-11\-19
- Owners notified: 2024\-12\-05
- Component: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 3
- Part numbers: 5B5A0E4

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2025 530i and 540i xDrive vehicles.  The air bag control unit may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in the air bags not deploying as intended.


## What can happen

Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the air bag control unit, free of charge.  The vehicles have not been sold from dealer inventory and therefore no owner letters will be mailed.  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 nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 1, for 2024 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3
- Reported remedied: 3 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2024 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

- [2025 BMW 530I](/makes/bmw/530i/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 BMW 540I XDRIVE](/makes/bmw/540i/2025/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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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