# NHTSA recall 25V644000

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: 25V644000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-09\-25
- Owners notified: 2026\-02\-09
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 145102
- Part numbers: 8671505

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2020 340I, X6, 2020\-2025 840I, 2020\-2022 740LI, 2019\-2020 X7, and X5 vehicles. After repeated attempts, the starter motor may overheat from an electrical overload.


## What can happen

An overheated starter motor can ignite nearby combustible material in the engine compartment, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the engine starter, free of charge.  This recall includes vehicles repaired under recall 24V576 and those owners will need to have their vehicle repaired again. Owner notification letters were mailed February 9, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov November 17, 2025.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 2, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 145102
- Reported remedied: 85251 \(58%\)
- 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

- 2020 BMW 340I. Built 2019\-02\-21 to 2020\-07\-28.
- 2020 BMW 740LI. Built from 2019\-02\-12.
- 2021 BMW 740LI
- [2022 BMW 740LI](/makes/bmw/740li/2022/recalls.md). Built to 2022\-06\-13.
- [2020 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2020/recalls.md). Built from 2019\-02\-18.
- [2021 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 BMW 840I](/makes/bmw/840i/2025/recalls.md). Built to 2025\-02\-11.
- [2019 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2019/recalls.md). Built from 2018\-03\-20.
- [2020 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2020/recalls.md). Built to 2020\-07\-29.
- [2020 BMW X6](/makes/bmw/x6/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-07\-15 to 2020\-07\-29.
- [2019 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2019/recalls.md). Built from 2018\-10\-30.
- [2020 BMW X7](/makes/bmw/x7/2020/recalls.md). Built to 2020\-07\-29.

## 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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