25V644000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
An overheated starter motor can ignite nearby combustible material in the engine compartment, increasing the risk of a fire.
2020 BMW 840I
5 safety recall campaigns, 5 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints5
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 5 of 5
24V576000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
A starter motor that overheats can ignite nearby combustible material in the engine compartment, increasing the risk of a fire.
21V096000
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
If the driver relies on only the rearview camera image, the missing or reduced rearview image view can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
21V062000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
A loss of ABS and a reduction in braking assistance can increase the risk of a crash.
20V164000
AIR BAGS
If the air bag and/or seat belt pretensioners deploy improperly in the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
What owners report most
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1ENGINE
- 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 1STEERING
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2020 BMW 840Is 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.