Bmw 330e, Bmw 330i, Bmw 430i, Bmw I4, Bmw M3, Bmw M340i, model years 2022 to 2023. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 23 February 2023. 120 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2023 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, M3, 330e, 330e xDrive, 430i Convertible, 430i xDrive, M440i, 2022-2023 430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive, i4 eDrive40, and i4 M50 vehicles. During a service visit, a replacement electronic control unit (ECU) may have been …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 23V118 cover?
- BMW 330E, BMW 330I, BMW 430I, BMW I4, BMW M3, BMW M340I, BMW M440I, model years 2022-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2023 330i, 330i xDrive, M340i, M340i xDrive, M3, 330e, 330e xDrive, 430i Convertible, 430i xDrive, M440i, 2022-2023 430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive, i4 eDrive40, and i4 M50 vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Doors that do not lock as intended while the vehicle is in motion may open during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2023. 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: “Doors that do not lock as intended while the vehicle is in motion may open during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V118 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Body Control Module:Software |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 February 2023 |
| Model years | 2022-2023 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 330E, BMW 330I, BMW 430I, BMW I4, BMW M3, BMW M340I, BMW M440I |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Doors that do not lock as intended while the vehicle is in motion may open during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2023. 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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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 I4 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- BMW M3 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- BMW M340i recalls: 14 US campaigns
- BMW M440i recalls: 7 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 23V118, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v118/
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 23V118 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
c1843904 - Consequence
b82d0efa - 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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