{"id":148561,"date":"2021-01-04T23:22:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/bmw-540i-2001-03v421000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:22:53","slug":"bmw-540i-2001-03v421000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/bmw-540i-2001-03v421000\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW 540I (2001) &#8211; 03V421000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>On Certain Passenger Vehicles, A Microprocessor In The Air Bag Control Module, Which Activates The Front Air BAGS, The Side Air BAGS, The Front Seat Safety Belt Pretensioners, And The Battery Safety Terminal, May Have A MalfunCTIon That Could Lead To An Unintended Activation Of One Or More Of These Components.   <\/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>540I<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2001<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>03V421000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Air BAGS:Frontal:Sensor\/Control Module<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>Unexpected Deployment Of The Air Bag(S) Could Cause Serious Injury If An Occupant Is Too Close To The Deploying Air Bag(S).  In Addition, The Battery Safety Terminal May Also Be Activated.  If That Happens, The Starter Cable Would Become Disconnected From The Battery, And The Engine Could Not Be Restarted.  <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Dealers Will Replace The Air Bag Control Module.  Owner Notification Began November10,  2003.  Owners Should Contact  BMW At 1-800-831-1117.  <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Bayerische Motoren Werke<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20010101<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20010831<\/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>23000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20031110<\/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>20031024<\/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; On Certain Passenger Vehicles, A Microprocessor In The Air Bag Control Module, Which Activates The Front Air BAGS, The Side Air BAGS, The Front Seat Safety Belt Pretensioners, And The Battery Safety Terminal, May Have A MalfunCTIon That Could Lead To An Unintended Activation Of One Or More Of These Components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[16857,16625],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148561"}],"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=148561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}