NHTSA Campaign 04V344000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 04V344000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 04V344000 with NHTSA on July 14, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V344000, NHTSA lists up to 4,102 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 12, 2004 and July 6, 2004.
Owner notification letters for 04V344000 were scheduled from July 16, 2004, 2 days after the report.
04V344000 covers 4 models from BMW, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V344000 covers have filed at least 22 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V344000 vehicles, the 2004 BMW X5 has the most (11).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V344000 ranks 15 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 04V344000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 4 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 04V344000 was 03V475000, reported on November 14, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 8 AND 12 CYLINDER ENGINES, THE DIGITAL ENGINE MANAGEMENT CONTROL (EMC) UNITS WERE NOT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS.
- The risk
- AS A RESULT, ENGINE STALLING WILL OCCUR AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF OPERATION. THE VEHICLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART. ALSO, A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND, AFTER REPEATED ACTUATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, A LOSS OF BRAKE POWER ASSIST WILL OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW DIGITAL ENGINE MANAGEMENT CONTROL UNIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 16, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported July 14, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V344000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V344000, 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: July 14, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted