NHTSA Campaign 04V236000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
NHTSA campaign 04V236000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 04V236000 with NHTSA on May 19, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V236000, NHTSA lists up to 1,560 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003.
The 04V236000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V236000 were scheduled from June 10, 2004, 22 days after the report.
04V236000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 04V236000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V236000 ranks 26 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 04V236000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 04V236000 was 04V182000, reported on April 12, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE PLASTIC FUEL PUMP FLANGE COULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF ACID OR CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ACIDIC ELEMENTS, SUCH AS BATTERY ACID OR CERTAIN CLEANING PRODUCTS.
- The risk
- THE FLANGE COULD BECOME BRITTLE, CRACK, AND ALLOW FUEL TO ESCAPE FROM THE FUEL TANK. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN ACID-RESISTANT CAP OVER THE FUEL PUMP FLANGE. THE RECALL BEGAN JUNE 10, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported May 19, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V236000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V236000, 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: May 19, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted