# NHTSA recall 25V395000

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: 25V395000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-07\-23
- Owners notified: 2025\-08\-08
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION MOTOR:CONTROLLER:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 71286
- Part numbers: Software \- N/A

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2022\-2025 i4, 2022\-2024 IX, 2023\-2024 I7, and 2024 I5 vehicles. The electric drive motor software may shut down the high\-voltage system, causing a loss of drive power.


## What can happen

A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

The electric drive motor software will be updated over\-the\-air \(OTA\) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 5, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 4, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 71286
- Reported remedied: 67437 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 145

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

- [2022 BMW I4](/makes/bmw/i4/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW I4](/makes/bmw/i4/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW I4](/makes/bmw/i4/2024/recalls.md)
- 2025 BMW I4 EDRIVE35
- 2025 BMW I4 EDRIVE40
- [2024 BMW I5](/makes/bmw/i5/2024/recalls.md). Built 2023\-02\-23 to 2023\-12\-14.
- [2023 BMW I7](/makes/bmw/i7/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW I7](/makes/bmw/i7/2024/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2022/recalls.md). Built from 2021\-02\-04.
- [2023 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW IX](/makes/bmw/ix/2024/recalls.md). Built to 2024\-01\-16.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [B630526](/bulletins/11037532.md), 2026-09-28, Service bulletin
- [B611626](/bulletins/11036456.md), 2026-08-28, Service campaign
- [B640925](/bulletins/11036383.md), 2026-08-27, Service campaign
- [B640825](/bulletins/11036382.md), 2026-08-27, Service campaign
- [B340124](/bulletins/11036380.md), 2026-08-27, Service campaign
- [B652026](/bulletins/11035404.md), 2026-07-31, Service bulletin
- [B610626](/bulletins/11031568.md), 2026-04-27, Service bulletin
- [B061526](/bulletins/11029015.md), 2026-02-25, Other
- [B640925](/bulletins/11026956.md), 2026-01-05, Service campaign
- [B121425](/bulletins/11025669.md), 2025-11-25, Service campaign

## 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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