BMW service campaign B653024
What it saysDelivery stop: passenger AIR BAG NHTSA’s full summary ↓
BMW filed this with NHTSA as a service campaign dated Oct 12, 2024, received Oct 19, 2024, about the air bags. It names 1 model year (2025). A service campaign is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
DELIVERY STOP: PASSENGER AIR BAG
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B653024 | Service campaign | Oct 12, 2024 | 11009004 | PDF, 70 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA since 2015.
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the air bags
Source: same model, same component group7 other manufacturer communications filed against the BMW X3 under the same component group (air bags), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| B650526DCS | Other | Jul 22, 2026 | As a reminder, the following Service Actions are temporary campaigns aimed at collecting sample parts from the specified vehicles. B65 05 26… |
| 6577900600 | Warranty extension | Feb 11, 2026 | A situation may occur where the front passenger seat is not occupied. However, a “fasten seat belt” warning and a front passenger seat air b… |
| 6577900500 | Warranty extension | Jun 11, 2025 | The Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Front Passenger’s Seat Occupancy Capacitive Interior Sensor (CIS) Mat for defects in materials and/… |
| 6112900300 | Warranty extension | Jan 6, 2025 | The limited warranty for the Knee Air Bag wire harness repair cable procedure for defects in materials and / or workmanship has been extende… |
| B652624 | Service bulletin | Oct 17, 2024 | A check control message (CCM) for the restraint system (Air bag) appears. In the instrument cluster, the red air bag warning light lights up… |
| B650122 | Service bulletin | Nov 28, 2023 | A check control message (CCM) for the restraint system (Air bag) appears. In the instrument cluster, the red air bag warning light lights up… |
| B650414 | Service bulletin | Oct 1, 2022 | "AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT: ACSM FC 930A60 OR 930A1C SEAT OCCUPANCY DETECTION. According to the customer, the airbag warning light was on, but it… |
Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for BMW, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is BMW B653024 a recall?
No. A service campaign is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the B653024 repair free?
A service campaign is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
Which vehicles does B653024 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2025 BMW X3. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: 2025 BMW: built 16 Jul 2024 – 19 Aug 2024; G45 X3 Sports Activity Vehicle: built 16 Jul 2024 – 19 Aug 2024; produced: built 16 Jul 2024 – 19 Aug 2024 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.