The defect
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.
The risk
Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The 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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| BMW X3 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| BMW X4 | 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Components: CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMW X3 | 2011 | 113 | 4 |
| BMW X3 | 2012 | 42 | 2 |
| BMW X3 | 2013 | 226 | 7 |
| BMW X3 | 2014 | 86 | 6 |
| BMW X3 | 2015 | 105 | 7 |
| BMW X3 | 2016 | 82 | 5 |
| BMW X3 | 2017 | 92 | 6 |
| BMW X4 | 2015 | 18 | 5 |
| BMW X4 | 2016 | 10 | 2 |
| BMW X4 | 2017 | 3 | 2 |
Other child seat recalls in 2016
2 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the child seat; BMW of North America, LLC filed 347 campaigns in all.
| 16V343000 24 May 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016