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NHTSA Campaign 04V303000

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

NHTSA campaign 04V303000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline. The repair is free.

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 04V303000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 04V303000, NHTSA lists up to 7,532 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 4, 2003 and April 28, 2004.

The 04V303000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 04V303000 were scheduled from July 5, 2004, 12 days after the report.

04V303000 covers 2 models from BMW, model years 2004.

By potentially affected vehicles, 04V303000 ranks 12 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.

Besides 04V303000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 04V303000 was 04V236000, reported on May 19, 2004.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 8-CYLINDER ENGINES, A CIRCULAR RETENTION CLIP AT THE QUICK-RELEASE COUPLING ALONG THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE WAS INADVERTENTLY NOT INSTALLED.
The risk
IN THE EVENT OF A SEVERE FRONTAL CRASH, THE QUICK-RELEASE COUPLING COULD SEPARATE CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
The fix
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A CIRCULAR RETENTION CLIP AT THE QUICK-RELEASE COUPLING ALONG THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 5, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

Reported June 23, 2004

Vehicles covered by 04V303000 (2)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V303000, 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 23, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted