# NHTSA recall 25V748000

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.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 25V748000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-10\-31
- Owners notified: 2025\-12\-29
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 5361
- Part numbers: 6757891

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2000\-2001 X5 vehicles that may be equipped with a sport steering wheel containing a Takata PSDI\-4 air bag inflator.  The inflator may explode during deployment due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature, and temperature cycling.


## What can happen

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy is complete.  Dealers will inspect and replace the driver's front air bag, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 29, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning December 23, 2025. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 19V015.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 3, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5361
- Reported remedied: 35 \(0%\)
- 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

- [2000 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 BMW X5](/makes/bmw/x5/2001/recalls.md)

## 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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