NHTSA Campaign 00V341000
STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING
NHTSA campaign 00V341000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: linkages: rod: relay: connecting. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 00V341000 with NHTSA on October 24, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V341000, NHTSA lists up to 2,643 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 10, 2000 and October 13, 2000.
Owner notification letters for 00V341000 were scheduled from November 14, 2000, 21 days after the report.
00V341000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2001.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V341000 ranks 20 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 00V341000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 00V341000 was 00V318000, reported on October 11, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE NUT THAT SECURES THE AXIAL JOINT OF THE LEFT STEERING TIE ROD TO THE STEERING GEAR BOX MAY HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SECURELY. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOOSENING OF THE NUT AND, INITIALLY TO STEERING WHEEL PLAY AND/OR MISALIGNMENT, AS WELL AS NOISE FROM THE STEERING LINKAGE. IF VEHICLE OPERATION CONTINUES, THE TIE ROD COULD DISCONNECT FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOX.
- The risk
- IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD RESULT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND RE-TORQUE THE NUT SECURING THE AXIAL JOINT OF THE LEFT STEERING TIE ROD. IF THE TORQUE OF THE NUT IS FOUND TO BE LOOSE, THE RIGHT NUT WILL ALSO BE CHECKED AND CORRECTED IF NECESSARY, AND A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT WILL BE PERFORMED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 14, 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 October 24, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V341000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V341000, 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: October 24, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted