NHTSA campaign 04V182000

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE Recall 04V-182: BMW/ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP VAPOR LOCK

NHTSA recall 04V182000 was reported by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE on April 12, 2004, with 13,769 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the BMW Z4 for model years 2003–2004. Owners were notified on May 11, 2004, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 04V182000 (also written 04V-182 or 04V182)
Filed by: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE
Report received: April 12, 2004
Potentially affected: 13,769 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Fuel System, Gasoline — Delivery — Fuel Pump
Owners notified: May 11, 2004

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V182000. 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 Z4
- 2003, 2004 · Vehicles built February 19, 2003 – October 13, 2003 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V182000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, UNDER CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, A VAPOR LOCK IN THE FUEL PUMP COULD OCCUR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE RESTARTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

Safety consequence

IF STALLING WERE TO OCCUR, THE DRIVER WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE SPEED OR ACCELERATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A RESISTOR IN THE ELECTRICAL LINE POWERING THE FUEL PUMP IN ORDER TO PREVENT AN OCCURRENCE OF VAPOR LOCK. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 11, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-831-1117.

Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN 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 04V182000

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.