# Transport Canada recall 2019220

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2019220
- Reported: 2019\-05\-09
- Component: Airbag
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 552

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the driver and front passenger knee airbags were not assembled correctly. This could cause the airbags not to inflate properly in a crash.

Safety Risk:

A knee airbag that does not deploy properly could create an increased risk of injury in a crash.

Corrective Actions:

BMW will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a dealer to replace the driver and/or front passenger knee airbag modules as required.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2019 BMW 2 SERIES
- 2020 BMW 2 SERIES
- [2019 BMW 3 SERIES](/makes/bmw/330i/2019/recalls.md). Listed under a family name that covers this model.
- [2019 BMW 3 SERIES](/makes/bmw/340i/2019/recalls.md). Listed under a family name that covers this model.
- [2020 BMW 3 SERIES](/makes/bmw/330i/2020/recalls.md). Listed under a family name that covers this model.
- [2020 BMW 3 SERIES](/makes/bmw/m340i/2020/recalls.md). Listed under a family name that covers this model.
- 2019 BMW 4 SERIES
- 2020 BMW 4 SERIES

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [B720225](/bulletins/11019576.md), 2025-06-17, Warranty extension
- [B720225](/bulletins/11017100.md), 2025-04-18, Warranty extension
- [B652022](/bulletins/10227929.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [B650414](/bulletins/10227568.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin
- [B650521](/bulletins/10200480.md), 2021-08-23, Service bulletin
- [B630318](/bulletins/10190862.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin
- [B513016](/bulletins/10174015.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin
- [B011319](/bulletins/10171414.md), 2020-02-18, Service bulletin

## 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2019220](/v1/recalls/tc/2019220)

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