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BMW recall 22V614: 2018 540d XDrive

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Bmw 540d, model year 2018. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 10 August 2022. 298 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2018 540d xDrive vehicles equipped with an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) module with an integrated cooler. The EGR cooler may leak internally, causing coolant to mix with diesel engine soot, which could result in smoldering particles and a melting intake manifold.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 22V614 cover?
BMW 540D, model year 2018.
What is wrong with them?
BMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2018 540d xDrive vehicles equipped with an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) module with an integrated cooler.
What can happen if it is not put right?
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of fire.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the EGR module, and the intake manifold will be inspected and replaced, if necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on October 7, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed December 30, 2022.
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: “A melting intake manifold increases the risk of fire.”

298vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 10 August 2022owners told 30 December 2022today
The defect reached the regulator on 10 August 2022. Owners were written to 142 days later, on 30 December 2022. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign is in the slowest tenth of the register.
Campaign22V614
Filed byBMW of North America, LLC
System at faultEngine And Engine Cooling:Exhaust System:Emission Control:Gas Recirculation Valve (EGR Valve)
Reported to NHTSA10 August 2022
Model years2018-2018
Vehicles namedBMW 540D

What the notice says today

The consequence

A melting intake manifold increases the risk of fire.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the EGR module, and the intake manifold will be inspected and replaced, if necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on October 7, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed December 30, 2022. 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 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

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CarsMultiverse, recall 22V614, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22v614/

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