NHTSA Campaign 07V466000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
NHTSA campaign 07V466000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: fluid. The repair is free.
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC filed the report for 07V466000 with NHTSA on October 2, 2007; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 07V466000, NHTSA lists up to 510 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 23, 2005 and July 19, 2007.
The 07V466000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V466000 were scheduled from December 14, 2007, 73 days after the report.
07V466000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2007.
Owners of the model years 07V466000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V466000 ranks 44 of 72 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 07V466000, BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC has 13 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 07V466000 was 06V164000, reported on May 15, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, DURING LONG PERIODS OF RIDING AT SUSTAINED HIGH ENGINE RPM, VIBRATION WITHIN THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR CAN CAUSE THE BRAKE FLUID TO FOAM. THIS COULD ALLOW AIR TO ENTER THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM WHICH COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF FRONT BRAKING EFFICIENCY.
- The risk
- AIR IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM CAN LEAD TO A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL BLEED THE FRONT BRAKES AND INSTALL A DAMPER WEIGHT IN THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. THIS WEIGHT WILL DAMPEN POSSIBLE VIBRATIONS THAT CAN CAUSE FOAMING OF THE BRAKE FLUID. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 14, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported October 2, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V466000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V466000, 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: October 2, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted