Vehicle recall R/2019/195

BMW 5 Series and BMW 6 Series recall: Possible corrosion of the bulkhead connector of the positive battery cable

DVSA recall R/2019/195 names the BMW 5 Series and BMW 6 Series. It was launched 29 July 2019. It covers vehicles built 5 February 2002 to 27 July 2010.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2019/195
Launched: 29 July 2019
Issued by: BMW
Manufacturer reference: 0061070500
Vehicles: DVSA lists 121,849 on each model line

What can go wrong

The branch-off point of the main battery cable may corrode

The fix

The branch-off point will be checked and reworked appropriately depending on the level of corrosion present

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA lists the same vehicle number on each line: 121,849. It may be a figure per line or for the whole recall.
Model	Built	Vehicles
BMW 5 Series	5 February 2002 to 27 July 2010	121,849
BMW 6 Series	5 February 2002 to 27 July 2010	121,849

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Other recalls for these models

R/2019/086 Potential rupture of driver front air bag inflator 22 March 2019, BMW 5 Series, BMW X5, BMW 3 Series
R/2019/368 The pressing force of the bearing bushing into the crankcase may be out of specification 9 December 2019, BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series, BMW 3 Series and others
R/2019/057 Auxiliary water pump's electronic circuit board could lead to a short circuit 1 March 2019, BMW 7 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW 6 Series and others
R/2018/341 Exhaust gas recirculation module cooler could leak 7 December 2018, BMW 6 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW 1 Series and others
R/2018/258 Exhaust gas recirculation cooler could potentially leak over time 5 November 2018, BMW 2 Series, BMW X3, BMW 5 Series and others
R/2018/260 Software fault in crankshaft sensor 15 October 2018, BMW 5 Series, MINI Cooper and One, BMW 2 Series and others

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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