NHTSA Campaign 04V297000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 04V297000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 04V297000 with NHTSA on June 22, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V297000, NHTSA lists up to 99 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 5, 2004 and March 16, 2004.
The 04V297000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V297000 were scheduled from July 14, 2004, 22 days after the report.
04V297000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 04V297000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V297000 ranks 43 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 04V297000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 9 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 04V297000 was 03V325000, reported on August 26, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE INTEGRAL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (IABS) SENSOR SEALING O-RING CONNECTION AT THE REAR AXLE HOUSING MAY BE DAMAGED. AN OIL LEAK MAY DEVELOP.
- The risk
- IF THIS HAPPENS, OIL COULD CONTACT THE REAR WHEEL AND THE REAR WHEEL BRAKE DISK, AND THE RIDER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE MOTORCYCLE. A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR WHEEL IABS SENSOR SEALING O-RING. THE RECALL BEGAN JULY 14, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported June 22, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V297000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V297000, 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 22, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted