BMW of North America, LLC: Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
BMW of North America, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 17, 2012 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 45,500. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
BMW is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 7-Series vehicles, equipped with the Comfort Access option, and manufactured August 23, 2004, through July 24, 2008. The affected vehicles have an electronic key and an electronic connection between the gear shifter and the transmission (shift-by-wire) that automatically shifts the transmission to Park when the driver presses the Start/Stop button to shutdown the engine. If the driver presses the engine Start/Stop button 2 or 3 times within a short time interval, the system may shift the transmission to Neutral rather than Park. If using the electronic key (Comfort Access mode), there would be no protection from the ignition interlock that prevents key removal if the vehicle is not in Park.
The risk
If the driver exits the vehicle with the transmission in Neutral and the parking brake is not applied, the vehicle may rollaway. Unattended rollaway incidents often result in a crash or cause injury to pedestrians attempting to stop or enter the vehicle or to other bystanders in the path of the vehicle.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners beginning in November 2012. The remedy became available in March 2013. Owners may call BMW at 1-800-525-7417 or email BMW at [email protected].
14 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 BMW 750i | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 BMW 750Li | 65 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 BMW 760Li | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 BMW 750i | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 BMW 750Li | 77 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 BMW 760Li | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 BMW 750i | 57 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 BMW 750Li | 216 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 BMW 760i | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 BMW 760Li | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 BMW 745i | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 BMW 745Li | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 BMW 760i | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 BMW 760Li | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 12V502000.
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