Bmw 228i, Bmw 320i, Bmw 328i, Bmw 335i, Bmw 428i, Bmw 435i, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 December 2025. 851 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2014 4 Series Coupe (428i, 428i xDrive, 435i, 435i xDrive), 3 Series Sedan (320i, 320i xDrive, 328i, 328i xDrive, 335i, 335i xDrive), and 2014-2015 2 Series Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive, M235i, M235i xDrive) vehicles. The head air bag inflator may fail at the weld …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V871 cover?
- BMW 228I, BMW 320I, BMW 328I, BMW 335I, BMW 428I, BMW 435I, BMW M235I, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2014 4 Series Coupe (428i, 428i xDrive, 435i, 435i xDrive), 3 Series Sedan (320i, 320i xDrive, 328i, 328i xDrive, 335i, 335i xDrive), and 2014-2015 2 Series Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive, M235i, M235i xDrive) vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the head air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 12, 2026. 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: “An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V871 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Side/Window:Head |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 December 2025 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 228I, BMW 320I, BMW 328I, BMW 335I, BMW 428I, BMW 435I, BMW M235I |
What the notice says today
The defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2014 4 Series Coupe (428i, 428i xDrive, 435i, 435i xDrive), 3 Series Sedan (320i, 320i xDrive, 328i, 328i xDrive, 335i, 335i xDrive), and 2014-2015 2 Series Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive, M235i, M235i xDrive) vehicles. The head air bag inflator may fail at the weld joint, which can cause gas to leak from the inflator or result in an inflator rupture.
The consequence
An inflator that ruptures may cause sharp metal fragments to enter or exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, an inflator that leaks gas may only partially inflate during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the head air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 12, 2026. 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 c8195a36d5909dc092b5c2f65e2fd4cb…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 845 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- BMW 228i recalls: 9 US campaigns
- BMW 320i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 328i recalls: 15 US campaigns
- BMW 335i recalls: 12 US campaigns
- BMW 428i recalls: 7 US campaigns
- BMW 435i recalls: 5 US campaigns
- BMW M235i recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V871, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v871/
The copy quoted above hashes to c8195a36d5909dc092b5c2f65e2fd4cb…. 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.
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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 25V871 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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fd9b2f25 - 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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