BMW has issued a recall overlaying all kinds of fashions resulting from potential points with their brakes and antilock braking and stability management methods.
The recall impacts sure X1, X5, X6, X7, and XM fashions from the 2023 and 2024 mannequin years, in addition to sure 530i, i5, 740i, 760i, i7, and 750e fashions from the identical mannequin years. A complete of 11,579 autos are affected within the U.S.
In keeping with the recall discover printed by the NHTSA on Oct. 2 (recall marketing campaign quantity 24V739000), the affected autos throughout a earlier recall marketing campaign from February (recall marketing campaign quantity 24V104000) acquired an built-in brake module that won’t present adequate energy brake help. This in flip will outcome within the antilock braking and stability management methods failing to operate correctly, rising the chance of a crash.
Absolutely mechanical braking is just not affected and remains to be accessible to gradual and cease the automobile, and the emergency operate of the digital brake power distribution system additionally continues to assist with automobile stability, based on the recall discover.
The treatment requires sellers changing the built-in brake module, a service they may carry out price of cost.
Homeowners will likely be notified by mail from Nov. 22 informing them of the security danger. Second letters will likely be mailed as soon as the mandatory components can be found, although potential timing wasn’t included within the recall discover.
BMW stated it’s not conscious of any accidents associated to the problem.
Anybody in search of additional data can contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417 or go to BMW’s recall web page.
