NHTSA Campaign 06V164000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 06V164000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. The repair is free.
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC filed the report for 06V164000 with NHTSA on May 15, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V164000, NHTSA lists up to 13,200 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2004 and December 31, 2005.
The 06V164000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V164000 were scheduled from June 5, 2006, 21 days after the report.
06V164000 covers 5 models from BMW, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 06V164000 covers have filed at least 10 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V164000 vehicles, the 2005 BMW R1200 Gs has the most (3).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V164000 ranks 10 of 72 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 06V164000, BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 06V164000 was 06V134000, reported on April 24, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, UNDER RAPID, REPEATED, AND UNUSUALLY HARSH BRAKING, LOSS OF ABS CAPABILITY COULD TEMPORARILY OCCUR.
- The risk
- TEMPORARY LOSS OF ABS BRAKING COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL ADD A PHYSICAL RESTRICTION, IN THE FORM OF A BANJO BOLT WITH A FLOW RESTRICTOR TO THE BRAKE LINE, AND ON CERTAIN MODELS DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW FRONT BRAKE DISCS OF A SLIGHTLY LARGER THICKNESS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 5, 2006, AND WILL BE A PHASED MAILING THROUGH OCTOBER 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported May 15, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V164000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V164000, 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 15, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted