NHTSA Campaign 14V789000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
NHTSA campaign 14V789000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). The repair is free.
BMW of North America, LLC filed the report for 14V789000 with NHTSA on December 15, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V789000, NHTSA lists up to 1,928 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 6, 2014 and October 17, 2014.
The 14V789000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V789000 were scheduled from February 4, 2015, 51 days after the report.
14V789000 covers 2 models from MINI, model years 2015.
Owners of the model years 14V789000 covers have filed at least 10 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V789000 vehicles, the 2015 MINI Cooper has the most (10).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V789000 ranks 142 of 282 BMW of North America, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V789000, BMW of North America, LLC has 20 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 14V789000 was 14V211000, reported on April 18, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 MINI Cooper Hardtop 2 Door, and Cooper S Hardtop 2 Door vehicles manufactured January 6, 2014, to October 17, 2014. During service appointments, dealers may have inadvertently reprogrammed the transmission control unit with software that may allow drivers to exit the vehicle when the transmission is not in Park. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention."
- The risk
- If the driver exits the vehicle without the transmission being in Park, the vehicle could roll away as the driver and other occupants exit the vehicle or anytime thereafter. A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders.
- The fix
- MINI will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the transmission control module with the correct software, free of charge. The recall February 4, 2015. Owners can contact MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525.
Reported December 15, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V789000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V789000, 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 15, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted