NHTSA Campaign 03V001000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 03V001000 covers 3 year-make-model versions 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 03V001000 with NHTSA on January 9, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V001000, NHTSA lists up to 84,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 1, 1999 and April 12, 2002.
The 03V001000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V001000 were scheduled from February 14, 2003, 36 days after the report.
03V001000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2000–2002.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V001000 ranks 1 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 03V001000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 9 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 03V001000 was 02V194000, reported on July 24, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE FRONT BRAKE LINE TO SLIP OUT OF THE RETAINING BRACKET LOCATED AT THE FRONT STRUT. THE BRAKE HOSE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE LINE COULD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE TIRE AND BE SUBJECTED TO WEAR AND ABRASION.
- The risk
- THIS COULD INITIALLY CAUSE SOME BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE, AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. THERE COULD BE A NOTICEABLE REDUCTION IN BRAKE PERFORMANCE IF A LOSS OF FRONT BRAKE PERFORMANCE OCCURS.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN ADDITIONAL RETAINING CLIP TO FURTHER SECURE THE BRAKE LINE TO THE FRONT STRUT. ADDITIONALLY, IF INSPECTION OF ANY BRAKE HOSE INDICATES THAT IT HAS EXPERIENCED DAMAGE, THE HOSE WILL BE REPLACED. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 14, 2003. 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 9, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V001000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V001000, 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 9, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted