Official recall record
BMW X5 — Engine Starter Motor / DME Software Update
- Issuing authority
- DVSA (UK)
- Alert date
- 2024-08-14
- Country of alert
- United Kingdom
- Alert level
- Safety recall
- Alert type
- recall
- Brand on record
- BMW
What the authority reported
On affected vehicles the starter motor may be overloaded due to repeated lengthy attempts to start the engine as the software based overload protection is not sufficient. Remedy: On affected vehicles improved software will be installed on the DME (engine starter motor electronics control unit)
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Verify at the source:
DVSA (UK) — official record →
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-05.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-05.
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