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title: "BMW IX (2023) - Recall 23V026000 — NHTSA record 236405 | Is It on Recall"
description: "BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2022-2023 i4 eDrive40 and iX xDrive50 electric vehicles. During vehicle start-up, the artificial sound gene"
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updated: 2026-10-01
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# BMW IX (2023) - Recall 23V026000 — NHTSA record 236405

Published notice; closure not supplied

A campaign record does not say whether this individual vehicle has received the remedy. Check the VIN with NHTSA or the manufacturer.

Source date Jan 25, 2023. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

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## What the record says

- **Product**: BMW IX (2023) - Recall 23V026000
- **Reason**: BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2022-2023 i4 eDrive40 and iX xDrive50 electric vehicles. During vehicle start-up, the artificial sound generator control unit may experience a fault and fail to generate the external pedestrian warning sound. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles." Without external warning sounds, pedestrians may be unaware of an approaching vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: BMW of North America, LLC
- **Quantity**: 3431
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 236405

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=23V026000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: BMW IX; model year 2023. Check the model identifiers and, for a vehicle, the VIN on the official recall site. |

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## Distribution

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## Dates in the source

- **Report received**: Jan 25, 2023
- **Owner notification**: Mar 9, 2023
- **Record created**: Jan 25, 2023

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

Dealers will update the external artificial sound generator software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 9, 2023. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=23V026000)

Use [NHTSA's VIN check](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) to check an individual vehicle and its remedy status.

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