Bmw 128i, Bmw 135i, Bmw 328i, Bmw 335i, Bmw 528i, Bmw 535i, model years 2010 to 2012. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 10 April 2014. 156,137 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 128i Coupe, 128i Convertible, 328i Sedan, 328i xDrive Sedan, 328i Coupe, 328i Convertible, 328i Sports Wagon and Z4 sDrive 30i, 2011-2012 135i Coupe, 135i Convertible, 335i Sedan, X5 xDrive 35i, and X6 xDrive 35i, 2011 335i xDrive Sedan, 335i …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14V176 cover?
- BMW 128I, BMW 135I, BMW 328I, BMW 335I, BMW 528I, BMW 535I, BMW 535I Gran Turismo, BMW 640I, model years 2010-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 128i Coupe, 128i Convertible, 328i Sedan, 328i xDrive Sedan, 328i Coupe, 328i Convertible, 328i Sports Wagon and Z4 sDrive 30i, 2011-2012 135i Coupe, 135i Convertible, 335i Sedan, X5 xDrive 35i, and X6 xDrive 35i, 2011 335i...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the bolts loosen or break the engine may have reduced power or stall. An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the four VANOS housing bolts for both VANOS units (intake and exhaust), free of charge.
- 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: “If the bolts loosen or break the engine may have reduced power or stall. An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14V176 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 April 2014 |
| Model years | 2010-2012 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 128I, BMW 135I, BMW 328I, BMW 335I, BMW 528I, BMW 535I, BMW 535I GRAN TURISMO, BMW 640I, BMW X3 SAV, BMW X5 SAV, BMW X6 SAV, BMW Z4 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the bolts loosen or break the engine may have reduced power or stall. An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the four VANOS housing bolts for both VANOS units (intake and exhaust), free of charge. In addition, owners of approximately 170,172 model year 2010-2012 BMW vehicles equipped with inline 6 cylinder engines not covered by this recall, will receive an extended warranty to address this condition. The recall began on September 24, 2014. 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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- BMW 128i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 135i recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW 328i recalls: 15 US campaigns
- BMW 335i recalls: 12 US campaigns
- BMW 528i recalls: 13 US campaigns
- BMW 535i recalls: 9 US campaigns
- BMW 640i recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW X3 Sav recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW X5 Sav recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW Z4 recalls: 23 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 14V176, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v176/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 14V176 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2c73cbd4 - Consequence
d6431b3e - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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