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BMW 6 Series Convertible recalls

DVSA has published 7 safety recalls that name the BMW 6 Series Convertible since 2011, 6 of them since 2020. Between them they cover at least 341,492 UK vehicles of this model.

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All BMW 6 Series Convertible recalls, newest first

  1. 1 SERIES, 1 SERIES 3 DOOR HATCH, 1 SERIES 5 DOOR HATCH, 1 SERIES COUPE, 2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER, 2 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 2 SERIES COUPE, 2 SERIES GRAN TOURER, 3 SERIES, 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 3 SERIES COUPE, 3 SERIES GT, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 4 SERIES COUPE, 4 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 5 SERIES GT, 5 SERIES SALOON, 5 SERIES TOURING, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 6 SERIES COUPE, 6 SERIES GRAN COUPE, M2, M3, M4 CONVERTIBLE, M4 COUPE, X1, X3, X4, X5, X5M, X6, X6M · takata driver and/or passenger airbag recall (global vins)

    18 Dec 2025 · R/2025/349

    Affected vehicles are already included in Safety Recalls within the markets they have previously resided in. The vehicles may be fitted with a driver and/or passenger airbag/s which if deployed may do so with excessive force causing sharp metal fragments to be released this may cause serious injury which could prove fatal to people in the vicinity.

    Fix: Vehicles will have the affected airbags checked and if necessary replaced.

    94 vehicles · built 15 Dec 2010 to 9 Nov 2016

  2. 1 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 1 SERIES COUPE, 1 SERIES HATCH 3DR, 1 SERIES HATCH 5DR, 2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER, 2 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 2 SERIES COUPE, 2 SERIES GRAN TOURER, 3 SERIES GT, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 4 SERIES COUPE, 4 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 5 SERIES GT, 5 SERIES SALOON, 5 SERIES TOURING, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 6 SERIES COUPE, 6 SERIES GRAN COUPE, X1, X3, X4, X5, X6 · check driver’s airbag for conversion takata sdi & psdi-5

    21 Oct 2024 · R/2024/403

    Affected vehicles may have had a retrofit or conversion of the airbag using a previously recalled airbag variant which if deployed may do so with excessive force causing sharp metal fragments to be released this may cause serious injury possibly fatal to people in the vicinity. The original factory fitment airbag for the vehicle is not affected.

    Fix: Vehicles will have the airbag checked and if necessary replaced.

    1,533 vehicles · built 28 Jul 2010 to 4 Sep 2017

  3. 1 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 1 SERIES COUPE, 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 3 SERIES COUPE, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 5 SERIES SALOON, 5 SERIES TOURING, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 7 SERIES SALOON LWB, X1, X3, X5, Z4 · replace vanos bolts n51 n52 n55

    1 May 2024 · R/2024/191

    On affected vehicles overtime the aluminium screws can loosen or break on the adjustable variable camshaft timing (VANOS) units potentially resulting in engine emergency mode being activated.

    Fix: On affected vehicles the eight aluminium screws will be replaced if evidence of faulty screws is found then the VANOS adjustment unit will also be replaced.

    1 vehicle · built 28 Jul 2010 to 28 Jul 2010

  4. 1 SERIES 3 DOOR HATCH, 1 SERIES 5 DOOR HATCH, 2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER, 2 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 2 SERIES COUPE, 2 SERIES GRAN TOURER, 3 SERIES GT, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 4 SERIES COUPE, 4 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 5 SERIES GT, 5 SERIES SALOON, 5 SERIES TOURING, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 6 SERIES COUPE, 6 SERIES GRAN COUPE, M2, M3, M4 CONVERTIBLE, M4 COUPE, X1, X3, X4, X5, X5M, X6, X6M · a possible degradation of the propellant tablets could lead to an over-aggressive combustion in the event the airbag is activated which may cause the inflator body to rupture.

    24 Jan 2023 · R/2023/016

    A possible degradation of airbag propellant tablets could lead to an over-aggressive combustion in the event the airbag is activated which may cause the inflator body to rupture.

    Fix: On affected vehicles the drivers airbag module will be replaced.

    1,615 vehicles · built 23 Feb 2012 to 26 Jun 2017

  5. 1 SERIES 3 DOOR HATCH, 1 SERIES 5 DOOR HATCH, 2 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 2 SERIES COUPE, 3 SERIES GT, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 4 SERIES COUPE, 4 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 5 SERIES GT, 5 SERIES SALOON, 5 SERIES TOURING, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 6 SERIES COUPE, 6 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 7 SERIES SALOON, 7 SERIES SALOON LWB, X1, X3, X4, X5, X6 · the exhaust gas recirculation cooler may leak over time and cause thermal incident

    1 Aug 2022 · R/2022/206

    The Exhaust Gas Recirculation cooler may leak over time and cause thermal incident.

    Fix: On the affected vehicles the EGR cooler module will be replaced.

    319,399 vehicles · built 12 Mar 2011 to 28 May 2018

  6. 3 SERIES GT, 3 SERIES SALOON, 3 SERIES TOURING, 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 4 SERIES COUPE, 4 SERIES GRAN COUPE, 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE, 6 SERIES COUPE, 6 SERIES GRAN COUPE, X3, X4, X5, X6 · the exhaust gas recirculation module could leak over time

    14 Jun 2021 · R/2021/213

    The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Module could leak over time�and cause thermal incident.

    Fix: The EGR cooler will be internally inspected with an endoscope and replaced if evidence of leaking is found.

    18,330 vehicles · built 14 Jun 2017 to 16 Apr 2018

  7. 6 SERIES CONVERTIBLE · pedestrian safety system may not perform correctly

    12 Oct 2011 · R/2011/132

    The pedestrian safety function in the bonnet may fail to trigger.

    Fix: Replace the pedestrian safety sensor system.

    520 vehicles

Other BMW models

Source: DVSA recalls register, check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk, copy dated 6 Sep 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. A recall is listed here when DVSA names this model in it; the build dates on each recall say which cars it covers, and a registration check confirms your own.