NHTSA Campaign 01V196000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 01V196000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 01V196000 with NHTSA on June 14, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V196000, NHTSA lists up to 14,300 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 1999 and February 28, 2001.
The 01V196000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V196000 were scheduled from August 14, 2001, 61 days after the report.
01V196000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2000–2001.
Owners of the model years 01V196000 covers have filed at least 22 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V196000 vehicles, the 2001 BMW X5 has the most (15).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V196000 ranks 8 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 01V196000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the power train on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 4.4I SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, ABRASION PARTICLES COULD DEPOSIT ON THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WITHIN THE SWITCH, CAUSING A DISRUPTION OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT THROUGH THE CONTACTS. IF THE DISRUPTION OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE NEUTRAL OR PARK POSITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SWITCH AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE EMERGENCY PROGRAM, WHICH IS DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER VIA A WARNING LAMP AND A MESSAGE, "TRANS. FAIL-SAFE PROG." IN THIS CASE, THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN IN LOWER GEARS ONLY WITH LIMITED ENGINE OUTPUT.
- The risk
- IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS, THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED IN TRAFFIC AND/OR ACCELERATE COULD BE GREATLY DIMINISHED, POSSIBLY LEADING TO A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION GEAR POSITION INDICATOR SWITCH. 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 01V196000 (2)
BMW (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V196000, 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