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BMW recall 10V025: Model Year 2010 X5 and X6 Sport Activity

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Bmw X5, Bmw X6, model year 2010. Filed by Bmw Of North America, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 28 January 2010. 210 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Bmw is recalling certain model year 2010 x5 and x6 sport activity vehicles manufactured between december 14, 2009 and december 16, 2009. in the upper right area of the windshield, bonding may be insufficient over a length of approximately 50cm.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V025 cover?
BMW X5, BMW X6, model year 2010.
What is wrong with them?
BMW IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 X5 AND X6 SPORT ACTIVITY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN DECEMBER 14, 2009 AND DECEMBER 16, 2009. IN THE UPPER RIGHT AREA OF THE WINDSHIELD, BONDING MAY BE INSUFFICIENT OVER A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 50CM.
What can happen if it is not put right?
IN THE CASE OF A ROLLOVER, THE STABILITY OF THE ROOF COULD BE AFFECTED INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND AUTHORIZED DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN REINSTALL WITH THE PROPER BONDING FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 30, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-525-7417.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IN THE CASE OF A ROLLOVER, THE STABILITY OF THE ROOF COULD BE AFFECTED INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.”

210vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 28 January 2010owners told 30 March 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 28 January 2010. Owners were written to 61 days later, on 30 March 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign10V025
Filed byBMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
System at faultVisibility:Windshield
Reported to NHTSA28 January 2010
Model years2010-2010
Vehicles namedBMW X5, BMW X6

What the notice says today

The consequence

IN THE CASE OF A ROLLOVER, THE STABILITY OF THE ROOF COULD BE AFFECTED INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.

The remedy

BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND AUTHORIZED DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN REINSTALL WITH THE PROPER BONDING FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 30, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-525-7417.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V025, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v025/

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