NHTSA Campaign 03V483000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NHTSA campaign 03V483000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 03V483000 with NHTSA on November 25, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V483000, NHTSA lists up to 7,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2002 and August 31, 2003.
The 03V483000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V483000 were scheduled from December 10, 2003, 15 days after the report.
03V483000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2003.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V483000 ranks 13 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND THE IGNITION LEAD FOR THE RIGHT-HAND SECONDARY SPARK PLUG HAVE A PARALLEL ROUTING OVER PART OF THEIR INSTALLATION PATH. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THESE CABLES MAY ALLOW THE SIGNAL FROM THE IGNITION LEAD TO INTERFERE WITH THE SIGNAL FROM THE OXYGEN SENSOR WIRING.
- The risk
- AS A RESULT, ENGINE HESITATION OR MISFIRING COULD OCCUR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE THE ELECTRICAL WIRING TO THE OXYGEN SENSOR. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 10, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117, OPTION #4.
Reported November 25, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V483000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V483000, 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: November 25, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted