Zf Transmission Control Unit, model year 9999. Filed by ZF North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 16 September 2025. 2,312 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says ZF North America, Inc. (ZF) submitted a defect information report based upon the recall determinations made by BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) and Chrysler (FCA US, LLC). An insufficient weld in the transmission control unit can allow transmission fluid to leak on to electrical components, resulting in a loss of drive …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25E058 cover?
- ZF Transmission Control Unit.
- What is wrong with them?
- ZF North America, Inc. (ZF) submitted a defect information report based upon the recall determinations made by BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) and Chrysler (FCA US, LLC).
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of drive power or park function can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Please refer to BMW Recall 23V821 or FCA Recall 24V413 for remedy information. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417, FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403, or contact ZF customer service at 1-734-416-6200.
- 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 loss of drive power or park function can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25E058 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | ZF North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Power Train:Manual Transmission |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 September 2025 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | ZF TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of drive power or park function can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Please refer to BMW Recall 23V821 or FCA Recall 24V413 for remedy information. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417, FCA customer service at 1-800-853-1403, or contact ZF customer service at 1-734-416-6200.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 25E058, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25e058/
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 25E058 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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dcfbac79 - 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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