Bmw 550e Xdrive, Bmw 750e Xdrive, Bmw I5 Edrive40, Bmw I5 M60 Xdrive, Bmw I5 Xdrive40, Bmw I7 Edrive50, model years 2023 to 2026. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 19 February 2026. 58,713 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 M5 Sportswagon, 2025-2026 M5, 2024-2025 750e xDrive, 2025-2026 550e xDrive, 2023-2025 I7, 2023-2025 7 Series, 2024-2026 i5, and 5 Series vehicles. The electrical wiring harness for the air conditioning system may become damaged during replacement of the cabin …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V096 cover?
- BMW 550E Xdrive, BMW 750E Xdrive, BMW I5 Edrive40, BMW I5 M60 Xdrive, BMW I5 Xdrive40, BMW I7 Edrive50, BMW I7 Xdrive60, BMW M5, model years 2023-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 M5 Sportswagon, 2025-2026 M5, 2024-2025 750e xDrive, 2025-2026 550e xDrive, 2023-2025 I7, 2023-2025 7 Series, 2024-2026 i5, and 5 Series vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A damaged wiring harness can short-circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and replace the air conditioning system’s electrical wiring harness and add a retaining strap/bracket to the harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 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: “A damaged wiring harness can short-circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.”
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| Campaign | 26V096 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BMW of North America, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Wiring |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 February 2026 |
| Model years | 2023-2026 |
| Vehicles named | BMW 550E XDRIVE, BMW 750E XDRIVE, BMW I5 EDRIVE40, BMW I5 M60 XDRIVE, BMW I5 XDRIVE40, BMW I7 EDRIVE50, BMW I7 XDRIVE60, BMW M5, BMW M5 SPORTSWAGON |
What the notice says today
The defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2025 M5 Sportswagon, 2025-2026 M5, 2024-2025 750e xDrive, 2025-2026 550e xDrive, 2023-2025 I7, 2023-2025 7 Series, 2024-2026 i5, and 5 Series vehicles. The electrical wiring harness for the air conditioning system may become damaged during replacement of the cabin air filter.
The consequence
A damaged wiring harness can short-circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the air conditioning system’s electrical wiring harness and add a retaining strap/bracket to the harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 13, 2026.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 385d8b97db29e45767e703d67ef8354e…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
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 750e Xdrive recalls: 6 US campaigns
- BMW I5 Edrive40 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW I5 M60 Xdrive recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW I7 Edrive50 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW I7 Xdrive60 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- BMW M5 recalls: 15 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V096, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v096/
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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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Other BMW notices we hold
- 26V525: 2022-2026 840i, 840i xDrive, 2021-2023 540i, 540i xDrive, M550i xDrive, and 2024-2026 750e xDrive
- 26V524: 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive
- 26V478: 2024 S 1000 RR US, and 2020-2026 S 1000 RR motorcycles
- 26V441: 2018-2020 530e xDrive, 2017-2019 740Le xDrive, 2018-2020 530e iPerformance, 2016-2018 330e iPerformance
- 26V305: 2017-2018 C Evolution motorcycles
- 26V214: 2017-2025 K 1600 GT, GTL, B and 2018-2025 Grand America
- 26V115: one 2026 S 1000 RR motorcycle
- 26V064: 2026 228i Gran Coupe, 228i xDrive Gran Coupe, and M235i xDrive Gran Coupe
All 328 BMW campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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- Defect summary
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1e3719e8 - 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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