Bmw 228i, Bmw 320i, Bmw 320xi, Bmw 328i, Bmw 328xi, Bmw 335i, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 31 March 2015. 18,054 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014 228i Coupe, M235i Coupe, 320i, 320xi, 328i, 328xi, 335i, 335xi, ActiveHybrid 3, 328xi Sports Wagon, 428i Coupe, 428xi Coupe, 435i Coupe, 435xi Coupe, 428i Convertible, 428xi Convertible, 435i Convertible, 328xi Gran Turismo, 335xi Gran Turismo, and …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V189 cover?
- BMW 228I, BMW 320I, BMW 320Xi, BMW 328I, BMW 328Xi, BMW 335I, BMW 335Xi, BMW 428I, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014 228i Coupe, M235i Coupe, 320i, 320xi, 328i, 328xi, 335i, 335xi, ActiveHybrid 3, 328xi Sports Wagon, 428i Coupe, 428xi Coupe, 435i Coupe, 435xi Coupe, 428i Convertible, 428xi Convertible, 435i Convertible, 328xi Gran Turismo, 335xi...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Owners were mailed interim notices on May 28, 2015. The recall began on July 6, 2015. Owners may contact BMW customer service 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: “If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V189 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump |
| Reported to NHTSA | 31 March 2015 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 228I, BMW 320I, BMW 320XI, BMW 328I, BMW 328XI, BMW 335I, BMW 335XI, BMW 428I, BMW 428XI, BMW 435I, BMW 435XI, BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 3, BMW M235I |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Owners were mailed interim notices on May 28, 2015. The recall began on July 6, 2015. Owners may contact BMW customer service 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 470 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, gasoline. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- BMW 228i recalls: 9 US campaigns
- BMW 320i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 328i recalls: 15 US campaigns
- BMW 328xi recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW 335i recalls: 12 US campaigns
- BMW 335xi recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW 428i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 435i recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW M235i recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V189, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v189/
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 15V189 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
853a5b80 - Consequence
6d478e44 - 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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