NHTSA Campaign 00V010000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
NHTSA campaign 00V010000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: steering wheel/handle bar. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 00V010000 with NHTSA on January 18, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V010000, NHTSA lists up to 190 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 1999 and November 30, 1999.
The 00V010000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V010000 were scheduled from February 8, 2000, 21 days after the report.
00V010000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V010000 ranks 40 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 00V010000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT COUPLING INCLUDES A PLASTIC COLLAR WHICH FITS OVER THE LOWER STEERING RACK INPUT SHAFT. THIS COLLAR IS PUSHED DOWN ONTO THE STEERING RACK AND TIGHTENED DURING ASSEMBLY. ON SOME OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE COLLAR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PUSHED DOWN FULLY ONTO THE RACK AT THE ASSEMBLY PLANT.
- The risk
- OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IN ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS, CAN CAUSE THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE COLLAR AND THE STEERING RACK TO INCREASE TO THE POINT WHERE THE INPUT SHAFT CAN SEPARATE FROM THE RACK, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE STEERING RACK INPUT SHAFT COLLAR FOR PROPER POSITIONING, AND REPOSITION IS NECESSARY.
- Notes
- BMW RECALL NO. 00VX5SC01. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 8, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported January 18, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V010000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V010000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: January 18, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted