# NHTSA recall 25V616000

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: 25V616000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-09\-17
- Owners notified: 2025\-11\-13
- Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
- Units potentially affected: 1571
- Part numbers: See Remedy Section

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC is recalling certain 2025\-2026 X1 and X2, MINI Cooper Convertible, MINI Cooper, Mini Countryman S ALL4, and 2025 MINI Countryman SE ALL4 vehicles. The torsion bar in both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production.


## What can happen

A damaged seat belt retractor may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace both front seat belt retractors, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 13, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 7, 2025.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1571
- Reported remedied: 1441 \(91%\)
- 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

- [2025 BMW X1](/makes/bmw/x1/2025/recalls.md)
- [2026 BMW X1](/makes/bmw/x1/2026/recalls.md)
- [2025 BMW X2](/makes/bmw/x2/2025/recalls.md)
- [2026 BMW X2](/makes/bmw/x2/2026/recalls.md)
- 2025 MINI COOPER. Built from 2025\-06\-23.
- 2026 MINI COOPER. Built to 2025\-07\-22.
- [2025 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE](/makes/mini/cooper-convertible/2025/recalls.md)
- [2026 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE](/makes/mini/cooper-convertible/2026/recalls.md)
- [2025 MINI COUNTRYMAN S ALL4](/makes/mini/countryman/2025/recalls.md). Built from 2025\-06\-20. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2026 MINI COUNTRYMAN S ALL4](/makes/mini/countryman/2026/recalls.md). Built to 2025\-07\-16. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2025 MINI COUNTRYMAN SE ALL4](/makes/mini/countryman/2025/recalls.md). Built 2025\-06\-30 to 2025\-07\-16. 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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