21V554000
SEAT BELTS
During a crash, a seat belt retractor that does not function as intended increases the risk of injury.
2021 BMW 230I
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints1
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
21V342000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The support may separate from the roof liner and fall into the passenger compartment, increasing the risk of injury during a crash necessitating the deployment of the head air bag.
What owners report most
- 1LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 BMW 230Is can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.