NHTSA campaign 01V196000

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE Recall 01V-196: BMW/TRANSMISSION GEAR POSITION INDICATOR SWITCH

NHTSA recall 01V196000 was reported by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE on June 14, 2001, with 14,300 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the BMW X5 for model years 2000–2001. Owners were notified on August 14, 2001, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 01V196000 (also written 01V-196 or 01V196)
Filed by: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE
Report received: June 14, 2001
Potentially affected: 14,300 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Power Train — Automatic Transmission — Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Owners notified: August 14, 2001

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 01V196000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

BMW

BMW X5
- 2000, 2001 · Vehicles built September 1, 1999 – February 28, 2001 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 01V196000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 4.4I SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, ABRASION PARTICLES COULD DEPOSIT ON THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WITHIN THE SWITCH, CAUSING A DISRUPTION OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT THROUGH THE CONTACTS. IF THE DISRUPTION OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE NEUTRAL OR PARK POSITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SWITCH AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE EMERGENCY PROGRAM, WHICH IS DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER VIA A WARNING LAMP AND A MESSAGE, "TRANS. FAIL-SAFE PROG." IN THIS CASE, THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN IN LOWER GEARS ONLY WITH LIMITED ENGINE OUTPUT.

Safety consequence

IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS, THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED IN TRAFFIC AND/OR ACCELERATE COULD BE GREATLY DIMINISHED, POSSIBLY LEADING TO A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION GEAR POSITION INDICATOR SWITCH. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 14, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

Notes

ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 01V196000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.