NHTSA Campaign 00V261000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
NHTSA campaign 00V261000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: anchorage. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 00V261000 with NHTSA on September 11, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V261000, NHTSA lists up to 490 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 28, 2000 and July 31, 2000.
The 00V261000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V261000 were scheduled from September 27, 2000, 16 days after the report.
00V261000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2001.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V261000 ranks 36 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 00V261000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 1 other recall on the seat belts on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE SAFETY BELT LOWER OUTBOARD ANCHORAGE BOLT ON THE DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER'S SEATS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SECURED PROPERLY.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SAFETY BELT SYSTEM MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ITS MAXIMUM RESTRAINT FUNCTION.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BOLTS AND CORRECT THE TORQUE IF NECESSARY.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 27, 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 September 11, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V261000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V261000, 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: September 11, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted