Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | ||||||||||||||||
| 03V240000 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | from 10/24/2001 to 04/09/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 5470 | 07/08/2003 | MFR | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | 07/01/2003 | 07/07/2003 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain passenger vehicles, due to a software error, a desynchronization of the valvetronic motors for engine banks i and ii may occur. if this occurs, the engine could stall. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In those cases, the driver may not be able to restart the engine. depending on the level of engine roughness, or stalling, as well as traffic conditions and the driver | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will reprogram the digital engine management control unit. owner notification began july 8, 2003. owners should contact bmw at 1-800-831-1117. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 05/01/2009 | 98000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2002 bmw 745li. the contact stated that he would periodically see a fail safe drive moderately message illuminate on the dashboard. while having the vehicle serviced for a flat tire, the contact stated that oil would leak from the vehicle whenever the vehicle was sitting on an angle, inducing the fail safe mode. the vehicle was not serviced for the failure and the failure persisted. the failure mileage was 98,000 and the current mileage was 103,000. | |||
| 05/12/2009 | 96000 | 1 | |
| My 2002 bmw 745li is having the same problems as reported in nhtsa campaign id number: 03v240000. when i called bmw to ask about the recall they told me that my bmw 745li did not have any recalls under my vin. but the problems are the same as reported on nhtsa. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 05/11/2003 | 6000 | 1 | 11/01/2002 |
| While driving, the vehicle stalled and lost complete power. *tt *scc *jb | |||