NHTSA campaign 10V496000

BMW Recall 10V-496: FRONT DISC BRAKE FASTENERS

NHTSA recall 10V496000 was reported by BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC on October 18, 2010, with 1,780 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the BMW F650 GS for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on January 13, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 10V496000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 10V496000 (also written 10V-496 or 10V496)
Filed by: BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Report received: October 18, 2010
Potentially affected: 1,780 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Foundation Components — Disc
Owners notified: January 13, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V496000. 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 F650 GS
- 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built January 11, 2008 – December 8, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V496000.

Defect description

BMW IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2008 THROUGH 2010 F 650 GS MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 11, 2008, THROUGH DECEMBER 8, 2009. A WASHER MAY INTERFERE WITH THE FRONT DISC BRAKE FASTENERS' TORQUE. AS A RESULT, OVER TIME, A FASTENER OR MUTIPLE FASTENERS COULD BECOME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE BRAKE DISC TO BECOME LOOSE.

Safety consequence

A LOOSE BRAKE DISC MAY INTERFERE WITH PROPER BRAKING PERFORMANCE AND MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

BMW WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 13, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-525-7417.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V496000

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.