NHTSA Campaign 01V195000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 01V195000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 01V195000 with NHTSA on June 14, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V195000, NHTSA lists up to 13,721 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 1999 and February 7, 2001.
The 01V195000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V195000 were scheduled from August 14, 2001, 61 days after the report.
01V195000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V195000 ranks 11 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 01V195000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 9 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 4.4I SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THERE IS A PLASTIC CARRIER TO WHICH THE OIL FILTER HOUSING IS ATTACHED. OIL SUPPLY AND RETURN LINES ARE ATTACHED TO THE FILTER HOUSING. OVER TIME, THIS CARRIER COULD SAG SLIGHTLY. IF THIS HAPPENS, ONE OF THE OIL LINES, WHICH ARE ARMORED WITH STEEL MESH, COULD COME INTO CONTACT AND CHAFE A STEEL BRAKE LINE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH.
- The risk
- CONTINUED CHAFFING CAN CAUSE THE ANTICORROSION COATING OF THIS BRAKE LINE TO FAIL, ALLOWING THE BRAKE LINE TO RUST THROUGH AND LEADING TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID, FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE CIRCUIT, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES, AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A RUBBER SPACER BELOW THE PLASTIC CARRIER TO PREVENT SAGGING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACT BETWEEN THE OIL AND BRAKE LINES. BRAKE LINES WHOSE ANTICORROSION LAYER IS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH THE OIL LINE WILL BE REPLACED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 14, 2001. 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 June 14, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V195000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V195000, 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: June 14, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted