NHTSA Campaign 09V471000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 09V471000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC filed the report for 09V471000 with NHTSA on December 10, 2009; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 09V471000, NHTSA lists up to 2,019 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 11, 2008 and October 13, 2009.
The 09V471000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V471000 were scheduled from February 22, 2010, 74 days after the report.
09V471000 covers 2 models from BMW, model years 2009–2010.
Owners of the model years 09V471000 covers have filed at least 61 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 09V471000 vehicles, the 2009 BMW K1300 S has the most (34).
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V471000 ranks 24 of 72 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V471000, BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC has 12 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 09V471000 was 08V692000, reported on December 29, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BMW IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 K1300 S AND K1300 GT MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 AND NOVEMBER 19, 2009. POOR FUEL QUALITY MAY LEAD TO SMALL DEPOSITS WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODIES. DURING ENGINE OPERATION IN A LOW RPM RANGE, TYPICALLY NEAR IDLE SPEED (WHEN COMING TO A STOP) AIR FLOW COULD BE SUFFICIENTLY RESTRICTED AND ENGINE STALLING COULD OCCUR.
- The risk
- ENGINE STALLING COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLES BY UPDATING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 22, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-831-1117.
Reported December 10, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V471000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V471000, 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: December 10, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted