Bmw 530i, Bmw 540i, Bmw 550e, Bmw M5, Bmw M550i, Bmw X3, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 30 September 2020. 312 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020-2021 X3 sDrive 30i, X3 xDrive 30i, X3M 40i, X3 xDrive 30e, X4 xDrive 30i, X4M 40i, 530i, 540i, 540i xDrive, M550i xDrive, M5, 550e, 550e xDrive, and 550e iPerformance vehicles. A small portion of the rearview image may be slightly obscured. As such, these …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V598 cover?
- BMW 530I, BMW 540I, BMW 550E, BMW M5, BMW M550I, BMW X3, BMW X4, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020-2021 X3 sDrive 30i, X3 xDrive 30i, X3M 40i, X3 xDrive 30e, X4 xDrive 30i, X4M 40i, 530i, 540i, 540i xDrive, M550i xDrive, M5, 550e, 550e xDrive, and 550e iPerformance vehicles. A small portion of the rearview image may be slightly obscured.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, program the rearview camera with updated software. The recall began November 18, 2020. 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 driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V598 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Back Over Prevention:Sensing System:Camera |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 September 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 530I, BMW 540I, BMW 550E, BMW M5, BMW M550I, BMW X3, BMW X4 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, program the rearview camera with updated software. The recall began November 18, 2020. 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 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
- BMW 530i recalls: 20 US campaigns
- BMW 540i recalls: 11 US campaigns
- BMW M5 recalls: 15 US campaigns
- BMW M550i recalls: 4 US campaigns
- BMW X3 recalls: 47 US campaigns since 2016
- BMW X4 recalls: 26 US campaigns since 2016
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V598, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v598/
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 20V598 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
99aaa10a - Consequence
622d9480 - 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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