Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module (BMW)
Vehicle recall 24V-527. NHTSA received BMW of North America, LLC’s report on Jul 11, 2024.
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NHTSA received BMW of North America, LLC’s report on Jul 11, 2024. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2015 6 Series Gran Coupe, 2014 5 Series Gran Turismo, 2014 5 Series Sedan, 2015 6 Series Convertible, 2015 6 Series Coupe, 2014 X5, 2013-2014 X3, 2014-2015 3 Series Sedan, 2014 4 Series Coupe, 2014 4 Series Convertible, 2014 3 Series Gran Turismo, and 2015 4 Series Gran Coupe vehicles.
Please see the recall report for the complete list of models.
The driver’s air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
What should you do?
The driver’s front air bag will be replaced, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 6, 2024. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,145 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- BMW 328Dand 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW Active Hybrid 5and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 535Dand 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 528Iand 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 650I2015
- BMW 320I2015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW X3and 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 640I2015
- BMW 328I2015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW M4and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 335I2015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW X5and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 550Iand 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 435Iand 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 428I2015and 2014, before the model years listed here
- BMW 535Iand 2014, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by BMW of North America, LLC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 19, 2026.