NHTSA Campaign 04V348000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
NHTSA campaign 04V348000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems. The repair is free.
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE filed the report for 04V348000 with NHTSA on July 12, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V348000, NHTSA lists up to 1,193 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 23, 2004 and April 15, 2004.
The 04V348000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V348000 were scheduled from October 13, 2004, 93 days after the report.
04V348000 covers 2 models from MINI, model years 2004.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V348000 ranks 29 of 47 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE recalls on this site.
Besides 04V348000, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE has 2 other recalls on the tires on this site; the one before 04V348000 was 03V214000, reported on June 9, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE FLAT TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTLY PROGRAMMED. IN THE EVENT OF A FLAT TIRE, AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL WILL NOT SOUND TO ALERT THE DRIVER TO A FLAT TIRE.
- The risk
- DUE TO THE LACK OF AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL, THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE AWARE OF A FLAT TIRE, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE'S SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO ACTUATE THE FLAT TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM'S AUDIBLE SIGNAL. THE RECALL BEGAN OCTOBER 13, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MINI CUSTOMER RELATIONS AT 1-866-275-6464.
Reported July 12, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V348000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V348000, 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 12, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted