Bmw 330i, Bmw 330i Xdrive, Bmw 430i, Bmw 430i Xdrive, Bmw 530i, Bmw 530i Xdrive, model year 2025. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 1 April 2025. 4,557 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 330i, 330i xDrive, 530i, 530i xDrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Convertible (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Gran Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive) and X3 30 xDrive vehicles. The electrical connection between the starter-generator and battery may come …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V202 cover?
- BMW 330I, BMW 330I Xdrive, BMW 430I, BMW 430I Xdrive, BMW 530I, BMW 530I Xdrive, BMW X3, model year 2025.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 330i, 330i xDrive, 530i, 530i xDrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Convertible (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Gran Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive) and X3 30 xDrive vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loose starter-generator connection can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, the wiring may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Dealers will inspect and replace the starter-generator and positive battery cable as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed May 28, 2025. Second letters will be sent once the remedy is available.
- 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 loose starter-generator connection can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, the wiring may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V202 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Starter Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 April 2025 |
| Model years | 2025-2025 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 330I, BMW 330I XDRIVE, BMW 430I, BMW 430I XDRIVE, BMW 530I, BMW 530I XDRIVE, BMW X3 |
What the notice says today
The defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 330i, 330i xDrive, 530i, 530i xDrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Convertible (430i, 430i xDrive), 4 Series Gran Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive) and X3 30 xDrive vehicles. The electrical connection between the starter-generator and battery may come loose.
The consequence
A loose starter-generator connection can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, the wiring may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the starter-generator and positive battery cable as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed May 28, 2025. Second letters will be sent once the remedy is available. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 15 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to ecc175c50b0ef792a95c7daed2a1b093…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 1,832 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 330i recalls: 24 US campaigns
- BMW 430i recalls: 18 US campaigns
- BMW 530i recalls: 20 US campaigns
- BMW 530i Xdrive recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW X3 recalls: 47 US campaigns since 2016
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 25V202, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v202/
The copy quoted above hashes to ecc175c50b0ef792a95c7daed2a1b093…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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.
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 25V202 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
6ad6da8e - Consequence
01ad5920 - 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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