Bmw 330e, Bmw 330i, Bmw 430i, Bmw 530e, Bmw 530i, Bmw 540i, model years 2019 to 2021. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 19 February 2021. 13,858 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2021 X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i, X3M, X4 xDrive30i, X4 M40i, M550i, X4M, X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 xDrive50i, X5M, X5 M50i, X7 xDrive40i, X7 xDrive50i, X7 M50i, Alpina XB7, 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, and 8 Series Coupe, Convertible …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V096 cover?
- BMW 330E, BMW 330I, BMW 430I, BMW 530E, BMW 530I, BMW 540I, BMW 740I, BMW 745Le, model years 2019-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2019-2021 X3 sDrive30i, X3 xDrive30i, X3 M40i, X3M, X4 xDrive30i, X4 M40i, M550i, X4M, X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 xDrive50i, X5M, X5 M50i, X7 xDrive40i, X7 xDrive50i, X7 M50i, Alpina XB7, 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, and 8 Series...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or 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 the rearview camera software and update it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 16, 2021. 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 missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V096 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Back Over Prevention:Sensing System:Camera |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 February 2021 |
| Model years | 2019-2021 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 330E, BMW 330I, BMW 430I, BMW 530E, BMW 530I, BMW 540I, BMW 740I, BMW 745LE, BMW 750LI, BMW 840I, BMW M340I, BMW M440I, BMW M550I, BMW M760I |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rearview camera software and update it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 16, 2021. 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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- BMW 330e recalls: 9 US campaigns
- BMW 330i recalls: 24 US campaigns
- BMW 430i recalls: 18 US campaigns
- BMW 530e recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW 530i recalls: 20 US campaigns
- BMW 540i recalls: 11 US campaigns
- BMW 740i recalls: 14 US campaigns
- BMW 745le recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW 750li recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 840i recalls: 9 US campaigns
- BMW M340i recalls: 14 US campaigns
- BMW M440i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW M550i recalls: 4 US campaigns
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 21V096 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
53ebcf9f - Consequence
902c813f - 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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