{"id":148453,"date":"2021-01-04T23:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/bmw-640i-2012-14v176000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:21:19","slug":"bmw-640i-2012-14v176000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/bmw-640i-2012-14v176000\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW 640I (2012) &#8211; 14V176000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>BMW Of North America, Llc (BMW) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2010-2011 128I Coupe, 128I Convertible, 328I Sedan, 328I Xdrive Sedan, 328I Coupe, 328I Convertible, 328I Sports Wagon And Z4 Sdrive 30I, 2011-2012 135I Coupe, 135I Convertible, 335I Sedan, X5 Xdrive 35I, And X6 Xdrive 35I, 2011 335I Xdrive Sedan, 335I Coupe, 335I Convertible, 528I Sedan, 535I Sedan, 535I Xdrive Sedan, X3 Xdrive 28I, And X3 Xdrive 35I, 2010 X3 Xdrive 30I, And X5 Xdrive 30I, 2012 640I Coupe, And 640I Convertible And 2010-2012 535I Gran Turismo Vehicles.  In The Affected Vehicles, The Bolts That Secure The Housing For The Variable Camshaft Timing Adjustment (Vanos) Unit Can Loosen Over Time And May Possibly Break. <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>BMW<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>640I<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2012<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>14V176000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>If The Bolts Loosen Or Break The Engine May Have Reduced Power Or Stall.  An Engine Stall Increases The Risk Of A Crash.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>BMW Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Replace The Four Vanos Housing Bolts For Both Vanos Units (Intake And Exhaust), Free Of Charge.  In Addition, Owners Of Approximately 170,172 Model Year 2010-2012 BMW Vehicles Equipped With Inline 6 Cylinder Engines Not Covered By This Recall, Will Receive An Extended Warranty To Address This Condition.  The Recall Began On September 24, 2014.  Owners May Contact BMW At 1-800-525-7417. <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>BMW Of North America, Llc<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20110501<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20111031<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>156137<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20140924<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Mfr<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>BMW Of North America, Llc<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20140410<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; BMW Of North America, Llc (BMW) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2010-2011 128I Coupe, 128I Convertible, 328I Sedan, 328I Xdrive Sedan, 328I Coupe, 328I Convertible, 328I Sports Wagon And Z4 Sdrive 30I, 2011-2012 135I Coupe, 135I Convertible, 335I Sedan, X5 Xdrive 35I, And X6 Xdrive 35I, 2011 335I Xdrive Sedan, 335I Coupe, 335I Convertible, 528I Sedan, 535I Sedan, 535I Xdrive Sedan, X3 Xdrive 28I, And X3 Xdrive 35I, 2010 X3 Xdrive 30I, And X5 Xdrive 30I, 2012 640I Coupe, And 640I Convertible And 2010-2012 535I Gran Turismo Vehicles.  In The Affected Vehicles, The Bolts That Secure The Housing For The Variable Camshaft Timing Adjustment (Vanos) Unit Can Loosen Over Time And May Possibly Break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[16844,16625],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}