08:19 10-07-2026
BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce recall: 428 cars flagged again over the Integrated Brake System
New US recall 26V422 covers BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce with the Integrated Brake System. The catch: some cars fixed under earlier campaigns must be repaired again.
BMW has announced a new brake-related recall in the US, and what makes it interesting is not the scale — only 428 vehicles are affected — but the reason. This isn’t a mass factory defect: it involves cars that may already have been serviced under the earlier 24V104 and 24V739 recalls, but received that repair under the wrong procedure. As a result, owners of these BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models will have to bring the car back in for a second check.
According to the NHTSA documents reviewed by 32CARS, campaign 26V422 covers the BMW X7 from 2023–2025, the i7 and 7 Series from 2023–2025, the X1 and XM from 2023–2024, the X5, X6, i5 and 5 Series from 2024–2025, the BMW X2 from 2025, the MINI Cooper S and Countryman S ALL4 from 2025, and the Rolls-Royce Spectre from 2024. The notice specifically states that VINs will become searchable on the NHTSA website from 21 August 2026.
The problem lies with the Integrated Brake System. If it fails, brake-booster performance can drop, and ABS and DSC may not work correctly. Purely mechanical braking is retained, but the stopping distance may grow, and losing normal ABS or stability-control operation raises the risk of losing control of the car. The driver is warned by a message in the instrument cluster.
BMW will inspect the integrated brake system and replace the module free of charge if needed. Dealer notification is scheduled for 8 July 2026, with owner letters going out on 21 August. Crucially, the paperwork states plainly that cars previously repaired under 24V739 or 24V104 must go through the new procedure.
The timeline makes this a telling case for the premium segment. In late 2025 BMW discovered through warranty data that some cars may not have been repaired to the prescribed algorithm. From January to June 2026 it reviewed service histories, and on 24 June it decided to issue a voluntary recall. BMW says it is not aware of any crashes or injuries linked to the issue.
The safest takeaway for buyers is simple: on premium hybrids and EVs such as the i5, i7 and Spectre, the braking architecture is complex, so a “quick fix” without access to factory procedures turns into a real risk. Checking the VIN against US databases and the service history stops being a formality and becomes part of the pre-purchase diagnosis.
The danger here isn’t the list of models but the word “already”: some of these cars might be counted as fixed — yet they are exactly the ones that now need to be checked again.