NHTSA Campaign 16V333000

CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP

Issued by BMW of North America, LLC · Reported May 23, 2016 · 188,668 vehicles affected

What's wrong

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017, X3 sDrive28i, X3 xDrive28i and X3 xDrive35i, vehicles manufactured July 2, 2010 to April 14, 2016, 2015-2017 X3 xDrive28d vehicles manufactured March 10, 2014 to March 31, 2016, and 2015-2017 x4 xDrive28i, X4 xDrive35i and X4 xDriveM40i vehicles manufactured March3, 2014 to April 15, 2016. The affected vehicles have lower anchor bars for securing child restraint seats that may become damaged when using the European-ISOFIX-type, rigid-style connector, child restraint system.

Consequence

Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will weld a reinforcing bracket to the lower anchor bars and the vehicle body, free of charge. The recall began on July 13, 2016. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
BMW X3 2011 188,668
BMW X3 2012 188,668
BMW X3 2013 188,668
BMW X3 2014 188,668
BMW X3 2015 188,668
BMW X3 2016 188,668
BMW X3 2017 188,668
BMW X4 2015 188,668
BMW X4 2016 188,668
BMW X4 2017 188,668

Source: NHTSA Campaign 16V333000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.