Bmw 5 Series, Cooper Countryman, X3, 3 Series, X5. Published by Transport Canada as 2020464 on 30 September 2020. System: High Voltage.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain plug-In hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), debris may have entered the high-voltage battery during production. As a result, the battery could short circuit.
Safety Risk:
A short circuit in the battery could create a fire risk.
Corrective Actions:
BMW will notify owners by mail and inform …
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BMW 5 SERIES in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. BMW 5 SERIES is named on 55 British notices and 12 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1128/13: BMW 1 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, X3, X5, X6, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1569/15: BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, X5, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1660/15: BMW Alpina 3 Series – BMW Alpina B3 3,3 / B3 S; 5 Series – BMW Alpina B10 3,3; BMW Alpina B10 V8s; BMW Alpina D, notified by Germany
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020464
- Recall date
- 30 September 2020
- Make
- BMW, Mini
- Models
- 5 Series, Cooper Countryman, X3, 3 Series, X5
- Model years
- 2020 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- High Voltage
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 194
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain plug-In hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), debris may have entered the high-voltage battery during production. As a result, the battery could short circuit.Safety Risk:
A short circuit in the battery could create a fire risk.Corrective Actions:
BMW will notify owners by mail and inform you to take your vehicle to a dealer to test the high-voltage battery. The cell module(s) will be replaced, if necessary. BMW recommends that you should not charge your vehicle and that you should not drive the vehicle in manual mode, sport mode or use the shift paddles until the recall repairs have been completed. BMW also recommends that you should drain the high-voltage battery via iDrive, by setting/leaving the charging state at 30%, until the recall repairs have been completed.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2020464.
BMW elsewhere in this register
BMW is named on 449 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020437 · 16 September 2020 · R1200gs, R1200rt, K1200s · Fuel System
- 2020409 · 1 September 2020 · X7, X6, X5 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020395 · 27 August 2020 · Z4 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020387 · 21 August 2020 · R1250 GS, R1250 RT, R1250 RS · Label
- 2020377 · 14 August 2020 · S1000xr, R1250 GS, S1000rr · Brakes
- 2020570 · 24 November 2020 · S1000rr, R1250 RT, R1250 GS · Brakes
- 2020605 · 10 December 2020 · X7, 3 Series, X5 · Electrical
- 2020267 · 16 June 2020 · 3 Series, Z4 · Steering
The same system: High Voltage
133 notices in this register name High Voltage. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020477 · 13 October 2020 · Kona Ev · High Voltage
- 2021098 · 24 February 2021 · Polestar 2 · High Voltage
- 2021109 · 1 March 2021 · Kona Ev, Ioniq · High Voltage
- 2021449 · 23 July 2021 · Bolt Ev · High Voltage
- 2021524 · 20 August 2021 · Bolt Ev, Bolt Euv · High Voltage
- 2021596 · 24 September 2021 · X3, 5 Series, Cooper Countryman · High Voltage
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a BMW: 449 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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