Bentley Bentayga, Bentley Mulsanne, model year 2018. Filed by Bentley Motors, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 14 September 2018. 12 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Bentley Motors, Inc. (Bentley) is recalling certain 2018 Bentley Mulsanne and 2018 Bentayga vehicles. When reverse gear has been selected, the rearview camera display may be obstructed or may not be fully visible within two seconds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle …
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Bentley's own number for this recall: RE 18/11. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V632 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V632 cover?
- Bentley Bentayga, Bentley Mulsanne, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Bentley Motors, Inc. (Bentley) is recalling certain 2018 Bentley Mulsanne and 2018 Bentayga vehicles. When reverse gear has been selected, the rearview camera display may be obstructed or may not be fully visible within two seconds.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the full camera view is obstructed or delayed and the driver does not check their surroundings before backing up, there may be an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Bentley will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the software in the infotainment system, free of charge. The recall began October 19, 2018. Owners may contact Bentley customer service at 1-800-777-6923. Bentley's number for this recall is RE 18/11.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Bentley calls this recall RE 18/11, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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 full camera view is obstructed or delayed and the driver does not check their surroundings before backing up, there may be an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V632 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Bentley Motors, Inc. |
| System at fault | Back Over Prevention:Sensing System:Camera |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 September 2018 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | BENTLEY BENTAYGA, BENTLEY MULSANNE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the full camera view is obstructed or delayed and the driver does not check their surroundings before backing up, there may be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Bentley will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the software in the infotainment system, free of charge. The recall began October 19, 2018. Owners may contact Bentley customer service at 1-800-777-6923. Bentley's number for this recall is RE 18/11.
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 246 notices in the record whose component field names back over prevention. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V632, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v632/
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.
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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 18V632 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
9c92af62 - Consequence
0a880b9e - 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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