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BMW 120I recalls

15 official recall campaigns for the BMW 120I, published by vehicle safety authorities in Colombia, Japan and South Korea, covering model years 2004–2019. The most recent was issued in 2025. A recall applies to specific build dates and VINs, so check yours before assuming it's affected — or not.

• 15 campaigns
• 13 rated high risk
• Latest: 2025
• 🇨🇴 Colombia
• 🇯🇵 Japan
• 🇰🇷 South Korea

Common BMW 120I recall issues

The parts and failures that come up most often in these campaigns.

• Airbags 7
• Fuel system 3

BMW 120I recalls by year

• 2025 · 1
• 2024 · 2
• 2020 · 2
• 2019 · 3
• 2018 · 2
• 2017 · 2
• 2016 · 2
• 2015 · 1

BMW 120I recalls in 2025 (1)

• BMW 120i — safety recall (Colombia) 2025-10-31 🇨🇴 Colombia Model years 2009 SIC 25-575911
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2024 (2)

• BMW X6 XDRIVE, X5 XDRIVE, X4 XDRIVE — safety recall (Colombia) 2024-07-09 🇨🇴 Colombia Model years 2010–2018 SIC 24-339388
  High risk
• BMW X3 XDRIVE, X1 XDRIVE, X1 SDRIVE — safety recall (Colombia) 2024-07-09 🇨🇴 Colombia Model years 2004–2014 SIC 24-331938
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2020 (2)

• BMW 116i, 118i — safety recall (Japan) 2020-12-02 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2013–2015 リ外-3136
  High risk
• BMW 116i, 118i — safety recall (Japan) 2020-09-14 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2012–2016 リ外-3094
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2019 (3)

• BMW 120i, M140i — safety recall (Japan) 2019-10-24 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2015–2019 リ外-2935
  Medium
• BMW 116i, 120i — safety recall (Japan) 2019-06-14 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2011–2014 リ外-2867
  High risk
• BMW 116d, 116i — safety recall (South Korea) 2019-02-13 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2004–2015 car.go.kr 2995
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2018 (2)

• BMW 118i, 120i — safety recall (Japan) 2018-12-19 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2012–2017 リ外-2768
  High risk
• BMW 118i, 120i — safety recall (Japan) 2018-01-29 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2017 リ外-2586
  Medium

BMW 120I recalls in 2017 (2)

• BMW 116i, 118i — safety recall (Japan) 2017-10-23 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2013–2017 リ外-2552
  High risk
• BMW 120i クーペ, 135i クーペ — safety recall (Japan) 2017-10-23 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2013–2015 リ外-3016
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2016 (2)

• BMW 116i, 118i — safety recall (Japan) 2016-09-09 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2004–2012 リ外-2374
  High risk
• BMW 116i, 118i — safety recall (Japan) 2016-09-09 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2004–2012 リ外-3015
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls in 2015 (1)

• BMW 116i, 120i — safety recall (Japan) 2015-06-04 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2012–2014 リ外-2186
  High risk

BMW 120I recalls by country

How to check if your BMW 120I has a recall

A recall covers specific build dates and vehicle identification numbers (VINs), not every BMW 120I on the road. To see whether yours is affected:

1. Look up your VIN or registration on the official recall checker for the country where the car is registered: MLIT (Japan), MOLIT (South Korea).
2. Ask an authorised BMW dealer: recall repairs are free, including on used cars and cars serviced elsewhere.
3. Add the car to your watched vehicles on Recaller Book and get an email when a new campaign is published for it.

Other BMW models with recalls

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• X6 recalls 356
• X1 recalls 318
• X4 recalls 188
• 3 Series recalls 142
• X7 recalls 142
• 5 Series recalls 124
• M3 recalls 115
• Z4 recalls 97
• M5 recalls 93
• IX recalls 92
• 3 recalls 89
• I7 recalls 87
• 3 Serie recalls 84
• X2 recalls 84
• I4 recalls 80
• IX1 recalls 78