BMW recalls
We have documented 175 recalls and campaigns for 38 models from BMW. The ones with the most: X5 G05 (16), X7 G07 (15) and X1 U11 (13). The most recent, from August 2026, affects the BMW X5 G05.
BMW campaigns by model
Open each model to see all its campaigns with their scope, date and the fault they correct.
- BMW i32013–2022 · Latest: High-voltage battery recall because of fire risk (October 2022)1 campaign
- BMW i4 G262021–today · Latest: Battery module frame built with excessive force (July 2025)9 campaigns
- BMW i8 I122014–2020 · Latest: DVSA R/2020/283: high-voltage battery (14 December 2020)8 campaigns
- BMW iX I202021–today · Latest: Damaged combined charging unit (August 2023)8 campaigns
- BMW Serie 1 E872004–2011 · Latest: Campaign for risk of driver's airbag inflator rupture (Takata)3 campaigns
- BMW Serie 1 F202011–2019 · Latest: Recall for starter motor fire risk (water ingress and corrosion) (September 2025)2 campaigns
- BMW Serie 1 F402019–today · Latest: Campaign for possible loss of brake assistance (engine position sensor) (2022)5 campaigns
- BMW Serie 2 Active Tourer F452014–2021 · Latest: Campaign over short-circuit risk in the high-voltage battery (225xe) (2020)2 campaigns
- BMW Serie 2 Active Tourer U062022–today · Latest: R/2025/398: front seat belt retractor (September 2025)8 campaigns
- BMW Serie 2 Gran Tourer F462015–2021 · Latest: Recall for airbag propellant deterioration1 campaign
- BMW Serie 3 E361990–2000 · Latest: R/2021/268: damage to the anti-corrosion coating of the lower shaft (July 2021)5 campaigns
- BMW Serie 3 E461998–2005 · Latest: 2026 campaign over the driver airbag gas generator (2026)3 campaigns
- BMW Serie 3 E902005–2012 · Latest: May 2026 campaign over the Takata driver's airbag gas generators (May 2026)4 campaigns
- BMW Serie 3 F302012–2019 · Latest: Recall campaign over an electrical fault affecting the power steering (October 2016)4 campaigns
- BMW Serie 3 G202019–today · Latest: Campaign for corrosion of the starter motor relay (risk of fire) (September 2025)2 campaigns
- BMW Serie 4 G222020–today · Latest: Replacement of the RSW22 (RWT) starter motor for relay contact wear (February 2026)4 campaigns
- BMW Serie 5 E602003–2010 · Latest: Campaign for loss of brake assistance (brake servo vacuum pump or hose) (March 2016)3 campaigns
- BMW Serie 5 F102010–2017 · Latest: Recall for the flexible disc on the propshaft1 campaign
- BMW Serie 5 G302017–2023 · Latest: Second campaign over deposits in the starter motor relay (fire risk) (July 2026)3 campaigns
- BMW Serie 5 Gran Turismo F072009–2017 · Latest: Recall for the driver's airbag inflator (2024)1 campaign
- BMW Serie 6 E63/E642003–2010 · Latest: Recall for the battery's positive cable3 campaigns
- BMW Serie 6 F12/F132011–2018 · Latest: Recall for the driver airbag inflator (2024)1 campaign
- BMW Serie 7 G112015–2022 · Latest: Campaign for head curtain airbag (May 2021)2 campaigns
- BMW X1 E842009–2015 · Latest: Recall for a fault in the power steering electronics (EPS)2 campaigns
- BMW X1 F482015–2022 · Latest: Campaign over the risk of a short circuit in the high-voltage battery (xDrive25e) (2020)5 campaigns
- BMW X1 U112022–today · Latest: R/2025/443 and alert SR/04168/25: outer rear seat belts (October 2025)13 campaigns
- BMW X2 F392018–2023 · Latest: Seatbelt pretensioner micro-generator (July 2022)4 campaigns
- BMW X3 E832003–2010 · Latest: First campaign over the risk of the driver's airbag inflator rupturing (Takata)3 campaigns
- BMW X3 F252010–2017 · Latest: Electric power steering control unit (December 2016)3 campaigns
- BMW X3 G012017–2024 · Latest: Second campaign for deposits in the starter motor relay (fire risk) (July 2026)3 campaigns
- BMW X4 G022018–2024 · Latest: Power steering bolted connection3 campaigns
- BMW X5 E702006–2013 · Latest: Electric power steering control unit (December 2016)3 campaigns
- BMW X5 F152013–2018 · Latest: Power steering control unit (December 2016)2 campaigns
- BMW X5 G052018–today · Latest: Safety Gate alerts 7/2026 and 31/2026: starter motor RSW22 relay (August 2026)16 campaigns
- BMW X6 F162014–2019 · Latest: Driver's airbag: propellant degradation (2024)2 campaigns
- BMW X6 G062019–today · Latest: Safety Gate alerts 7/2026 and 31/2026: starter motor RSW22 relay (August 2026)13 campaigns
- BMW X7 G072018–today · Latest: 2026 campaign: starter motor relay (744,234 cars) (August 2026)15 campaigns
- BMW Z4 G292018–2026 · Latest: Withdrawal for wear of the RSW22 starter contact (August 2026)5 campaigns
Latest BMW campaigns
RecallBMW (alertas Safety Gate; la de agosto, notificada por Francia) · August 2026 · Ref. SR/00551/26, SR/00568/26, SR/00569/26 y SR/02180/26
Safety Gate alerts 7/2026 and 31/2026: starter motor RSW22 relay
2 to 7 Series, X3, X4, X5, X6 and Z4 (according to the car-recalls.eu entry) built between 31 July 2020 and 26 February 2026: 744,234 vehicles worldwide. In the United Kingdom, the DVSA (R/2026/054) records 2 X5s built between 7 May and 19 June 2021; the starter motor is replaced with a variant from another supplier with a different design.[1][2]
See the fault: Overheating of the starter motor and its relay, with a risk of fire
RecallBMW (alertas Safety Gate; la de agosto, notificada por Francia) · August 2026 · Ref. SR/00551/26, SR/00568/26, SR/00569/26 y SR/02180/26
Safety Gate alerts 7/2026 and 31/2026: starter motor RSW22 relay
2 to 7 Series, X3, X4, X5, X6 and Z4 (according to the car-recalls.eu entry) built between 31 July 2020 and 26 February 2026: 744,234 vehicles worldwide.[1]
See the fault: Overheating of the starter motor and its relay, with a risk of fire
RecallBMW (según firmenauto.de) · August 2026 · Ref. 0012770600, 0012780600 y 0012790600 (códigos BMW)
2026 campaign: starter motor relay (744,234 cars)
744,234 vehicles worldwide and 42,300 in Germany according to the KBA, built between 31 July 2020 and 26 February 2026; the press cites the 2 to 7 Series and the X3 to X7, with the X7 included. The starter motor is replaced at the workshop.[3]
See the fault: Overheating of the starter motor and its relay, with a risk of fire
RecallSafety Gate (UE) / BMW · August 2026 · Ref. Alerta 7/2026, SR/00551/26
Withdrawal for wear of the RSW22 starter contact
Cars built 31/07/2020 to 26/02/2026 (Z4 and other BMW models); 744,234 vehicles worldwide.[4]
RecallBMW · July 2026 · Ref. 16790R
Second campaign over deposits in the starter motor relay (fire risk)
3 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and Z4 built between 31 July 2020 and 26 February 2026; 744,234 vehicles worldwide and 42,300 in Germany, according to BimmerToday.[5]
See the fault: Two successive campaigns over a fire risk in the starter motor relay (2025 and 2026)
RecallBMW · July 2026 · Ref. 16790R
Second campaign for deposits in the starter motor relay (fire risk)
3 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and Z4 built between 31 July 2020 and 26 February 2026; 744,234 vehicles worldwide and 42,300 in Germany, according to BimmerToday.[5]
See the fault: Two successive campaigns for a fire risk in the starter motor relay (2025 and 2026)
RecallBMW · May 2026
May 2026 campaign over the Takata driver's airbag gas generators
BMW vehicles built between 2 January 2006 and 30 June 2015, including the 3 Series E90/E91/E92/E93 (as well as the 1 Series E81/E82/E87/E88 and the X1/X3 E83/E84): around 370,000 vehicles in Germany and roughly 1.4-1.5 million worldwide, according to ADAC and the German press.[6]
See the fault: Campaigns over the Takata driver's airbag gas generators
RecallBMW; Safety Gate (UE) y DVSA (Reino Unido) · February 2026 · Ref. DVSA R/2026/054; Safety Gate 31/2026 (SR/02180/26)
Replacement of the RSW22 (RWT) starter motor for relay contact wear
2, 3, 4 (coupé, convertible and Gran Coupé), 5, 6, 7, X3, X4, X5, X6 and Z4 series with an RSW22 RWT starter (according to Safety Gate). Safety Gate cites 744,234 vehicles built between 31/07/2020 and 26/02/2026; in the United Kingdom, 5,987 4 Series coupés built between 18/08/2020 and 25/04/2025. The starter is replaced with one from a different supplier.[2][7][8][9]
See the fault: Wear of the RSW22 starter motor relay contact (fire risk)
RecallBMW · 2026 · Ref. 0072760200
2026 campaign over the driver airbag gas generator
Vehicles built between 3 November 1998 and 24 August 2006 whose driver airbag gas generator can degrade and throw fragments on deployment, according to fiches-auto.fr.[10]
See the fault: Campaigns over the Takata gas generators in the front and passenger airbags
RecallSafety Gate (UE) / BMW · November 2025 · Ref. Alerta 44/2025, SR/03830/25
Withdrawal for water in the starter relay
Z4 built 28/09/2015 to 07/09/2021, among other BMW models; 1,145,385 vehicles worldwide.[11]
RecallBMW (alerta Safety Gate notificada por Alemania) · 31 October 2025 · Ref. SR/03823/25 (alerta 44/2025); BMW 0012590600
Safety Gate alert 44/2025 (SR/03823/25): starter motor contacts
M340i, 7 Series, 8 Series, X5, X6 and X7 (codes G05, G06 and G07, among others) with the B58 engine, built between 20 March 2018 and 11 February 2025: 162,852 vehicles worldwide. The starter motor's electrical contacts may overheat. In the United Kingdom, the DVSA (R/2025/406) records 4 X5s built between 2 October 2018 and 12 June 2020; the starter motor is replaced.[2][12]
See the fault: Overheating of the starter motor and its relay, with a risk of fire
RecallBMW (alerta Safety Gate notificada por Alemania) · 31 October 2025 · Ref. SR/03830/25 (alerta 44/2025)
Safety Gate alert 44/2025 (SR/03830/25): water in the starter motor relay
1 to 7 Series, X3 to X7, Z4 and others: 1,145,385 vehicles worldwide, built between 28 September 2015 and 7 September 2021 (the entry itself cites 2018 in the headline and 2015 in the detail). Water can get into the starter motor relay and corrode it.[13]
See the fault: Overheating of the starter motor and its relay, with a risk of fire
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Sources
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- BMW X5 (2020–2026): electronic fire recall (relé de arranque RSW22; incluye X6)car-recalls.eu · Other source · published 8 August 2026 · consulted 8 October 2026
- DVSA – base de llamadas a revisiónDVSA (Reino Unido) · Other source · consulted 8 October 2026
- BMW-Rückruf: 744.234 Autos wegen Brandgefahr (Starterrelais)firmenauto.de · Motoring press · published 2 August 2026 · consulted 8 October 2026 · in German
- BMW Z4 (2020-2026): electrical fire risk (starter)car-recalls.eu (EU Safety Gate) · Official body · published 7 August 2026 · consulted 29 October 2026
- Nächster Starter-Rückruf bei BMW: Jüngere Baujahre bis 2026 betroffenBimmerToday · Motoring press · published 20 July 2026 · consulted 27 September 2026 · in German
- Defekte Takata-Airbags: Mega-Rückruf bei BMWADAC · Consumer association · published 20 May 2026 · consulted 27 September 2026 · in German
- BMW 4 Series (2020 – 2026): electronic firecar-recalls.eu · Other source · published 8 August 2026 · consulted 9 October 2026
- BMW llama a revisión a medio millón de coches porque el motor de arranque se sobrecalienta y hay riesgo de incendio en el peor de los casosMotorpasión · Motoring press · published 12 February 2026 · consulted 9 October 2026 · in Spanish
- Neuer Starter-Ärger: BMW startet weiteren Brandgefahr-RückrufBimmerToday · Motoring press · published 11 February 2026 · consulted 9 October 2026 · in German
- Fiabilité BMW Série 3 (1998-2005)fiches-auto.fr · Reliability study · consulted 27 September 2026 · in French
- BMW Z4 (2015-2021): electrical fire risk (starter relay)car-recalls.eu (EU Safety Gate) · Official body · published 31 October 2025 · consulted 29 October 2026
- BMW X5 (2018–2025): electronic fire recall (alerta Safety Gate 44/2025, SR/03823/25; incluye X6 y X7)car-recalls.eu · Other source · published 2 November 2025 · consulted 8 October 2026
- BMW X7 (2018–2021): electronic fire recall (alerta Safety Gate 44/2025, SR/03830/25; incluye X5 y X6)car-recalls.eu · Other source · published 1 November 2025 · consulted 8 October 2026